Hello everyone.
Day 1
I finally got my fishless cycle going. Conditioned the water using Prime and waited 24 hours. I used tetra safestart plus as my BB and Dr Tim's ammonium chloride as my ammonia source. After adding the BB I dosed to 2.0ish ppm ammonia as instructed on the Dr Tim website. I waited 24 hours and tested again.
Day 2
Ammonia = 1.0
Nitrite = 0
Nitrate = 10-20 (Hard to tell since the colors are so close)
Day 3
Ammonia - .5
Nitrites - 0
Nitrates - 20
Afrer weeks of research I figured I knew what to expect. I thought I should have 0 nitrates until nitrites started showing up. Is this normal?
*Tap water shows no nitrates or nitrites.
*Using API Master Test Kit
Day 1
I finally got my fishless cycle going. Conditioned the water using Prime and waited 24 hours. I used tetra safestart plus as my BB and Dr Tim's ammonium chloride as my ammonia source. After adding the BB I dosed to 2.0ish ppm ammonia as instructed on the Dr Tim website. I waited 24 hours and tested again.
Day 2
Ammonia = 1.0
Nitrite = 0
Nitrate = 10-20 (Hard to tell since the colors are so close)
Day 3
Ammonia - .5
Nitrites - 0
Nitrates - 20
Afrer weeks of research I figured I knew what to expect. I thought I should have 0 nitrates until nitrites started showing up. Is this normal?
*Tap water shows no nitrates or nitrites.
*Using API Master Test Kit