Help!! When do nitrites drop and nitrates appear?

[goodgy]

Hi all
currently 4 weeks into my fishless cycle and can turn 4ppm of ammonia to 0 within 24 hours no worries , but am having trouble as nitrites are still off the chart

For almost 2 weeks I have only been dosing every 3 days to see if my nitrites( off the chart) will drop and nitrates will rise ( stuck on 5ppm ).

The last 5 days I haven't added any ammonia at all to also see if they would change which they haven't !!!

how long do the nitrite eating bacteria normally take to appear???

Should I keep not adding ammonia to see if they change or just go back to dosing 2ppm every 3 days ???

Any help would be great as this is my first cycle and currently starting to worry !

 

[Andrew McFadden]

You need to keep an ammonia source to feed the bacteria growth. Just be patient it will happen soon. Be ready when it does cause It normally goes pretty fast.. good luck

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[goodgy]

You need to keep an ammonia source to feed the bacteria growth. Just be patient it will happen soon. Be ready when it does cause It normally goes pretty fast.. good luck

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no worries will keep dosing 1-2ppm every 2 to 3 days then ! hopefully see some movement soon

 

[Andrew McFadden]

If it gets way to high do a big water change to lower the results.

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[goodgy]

If it gets way to high do a big water change to lower the results.

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today was the first day nitrates turned up went from 5.0 yesterday to 40ppm today

does this mean the nitrite eating bacteria is present ?

 

[plumwd]

today was the first day nitrates turned up went from 5.0 yesterday to 40ppm today

does this mean the nitrite eating bacteria is present ?

Sounds like it to me! You're probably getting close