Cycle anxiety -_-

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Also have you decided what else you will be stocking? Just curious.

 

[JengoJengo]

I don't think its stalling your cycle. I told you when you started its harder to cycle with this many fish. What I think your seeing is high amounts of ammonia being converted to nitrites while they're just not getting turned to nitrates fast enough causing you a bottle neck of nitrites. Just keep up the water changes, keep up the prime and wait on those nitrates to start raising faster ridding your trites. I also suspect a little bit of over feeding.

You will get it, best of luck.

OK thanks. It's driving me crazy!!!! But my ammonia is 0.

In terms of stocking, I've been in such a state about the nitrites, I haven't even really thought about the "fun" stuff.

I was thinking about possibly Kenyi, Red Zebra or Cobalt Blue Zebra, some more Auratus females, maybe Acei?