cycling

[sw3ll3r3]

Okay so yesterday I had a problem my nitrite was off the charts and my ammonia was at 4ppm with 0 nitrate. Well today some major changes occurred, I have 1ppm ammonia, 5 ppm nitrite, and 40ppm nitrate, should I let the ammonia zero or what?

 

[crister13]

Let ammo and nitrite 0.

 

[sw3ll3r3]

Let ammo and nitrite 0.

That's why I'm confused wouldn't I be starving my bacteria

 

[crister13]

Haha no. If you add fish with ammo or nitrite your killing them practically. Especially when it's that high. When you add fish it will always be at 0 but the bacteria still have food because it is coming out as readable nitrates pretty much.