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I'm about 3 weeks into my fishless cycle; I've been adding enough ammonia every day to keep it at 4ppm, plus a pinch of flake food. After each day I still have never seen the ammonia below 2 or usually 3ppm. My nitrites shot up about a week ago and are still high (10+) and nitrates are slowly coming up (20 or so). I've also raised the temp to around 86 this week to help the bacteria grow.
The water is getting very yellow, probably because of the flakes. Without a pleco doing his job, should I stop adding the flakes for the cycling? Do the flakes help that much in addition to the clear ammonia I've been adding?
The water is getting very yellow, probably because of the flakes. Without a pleco doing his job, should I stop adding the flakes for the cycling? Do the flakes help that much in addition to the clear ammonia I've been adding?