soccerstar6
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have had this 10 gallon tank since November. I first started cycling it with fish food, but that took two months just to get the ammonia spike to start, so I decided on a new method. I am using a dead shrimp in a media bag to cycle it. It had a weird reading, it was ammonia-2-4ppm nitrite-0ppm and nitrate-40-80ppm. So I thought it was the filter because I had bought the tank from my friend and it hasn't been used in a while. I bought a new filter, an aquaclear 20, and for the past month it has been reading the same readings as it had for the old aqueon quiet flow 10. My tap water has about .5 amonia no nitrite and 5 nitrate. I dont think this is the issue though because it would only raise my tank levels to .5 and 5, not 2-4 and 40-80. If you have any experience with this or know what to do, please help! I really want to get this tank up and running.