Aqualady40
Aquarium Advice Addict
Okay I been doing a fish-in cycle for 6 weeks and 5 days. My tank size is a 55g which occupies 1 opaline gourami, 1gold gourami, 1 blue (3 spot) gourami, 4 tiger barbs, 1 green tiger barb, 1 albino tiger barb, 1 rubber lip pleco, & 1 redtail black shark. I would test everything everyday with API Master kit...for the last 1-2 weeks I have had off the chart nitrites (would do 75% water change everyday to lower them) and for the last 2 days they were .50, then today 0...my nitrates I believe are 5.0 and have been that for 3 days now. Am I cycled???
Another thing, If your tap water has ammonia in it (straight from tap is 0.5 and when tap sits 24 hours it is 1.0) will my nitrates be able to get the ammonia to 0 since my source has it in it????
Another thing, If your tap water has ammonia in it (straight from tap is 0.5 and when tap sits 24 hours it is 1.0) will my nitrates be able to get the ammonia to 0 since my source has it in it????