High Nitrate in a fishless cycle tank

[Fishlover94]

Hi I'm at day 5 of a fishless cycle with adding Ammonium Chloride following Dr. Tims Instructions
Ammonia 0.25
Nitrite 0.25
Nitrate 10
PH 8.2

How's my tank doing?

 

[Aiken Drum]

Redose back to 2ppm and see where are 24 hours later.

 

[Colin_T]

Don't bother testing for nitrates until the tank has cycled. Nitrate test kits read nitrite as nitrate and give you a false reading. Wait until the ammonia and nitrite have both gone up and come back down to 0ppm, then start testing for nitrates.

It normally takes around 4-6 weeks for an aquarium filter to cycle.

 

[Fishlover94]

Don't bother testing for nitrates until the tank has cycled. Nitrate test kits read nitrite as nitrate and give you a false reading. Wait until the ammonia and nitrite have both gone up and come back down to 0ppm, then start testing for nitrates.

It normally takes around 4-6 weeks for an aquarium filter to cycle.

My Highest HN3 was 2.0 ppm yesterday.

 

[Fishlover94]

Redose back to 2ppm and see where are 24 hours later.

Yes tonight I add another 240 drops