gilmorem1410
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I started a fish less cycle about 11 days ago. Tank as follows:
70 gal freshwater
sand substrate
2 Malaysian driftwood and fake plants
couple river rocks
GH between 0-25
KH (off the chart) around 300ppm
PH 8.2
Running marineland 360 with carbon, seachem matrix and ceramic media.
water temp about 84 deg and running bubbler.
I dosed ammonia to about 3ppm 11 days ago. Now at 2ppm and still reading 0 nitrites. I tested Nitrates tho and they just tested at 30ppm. Wondering if that can be right? I thought you had to have Nitrites before you can have Nitrates. Wondering also why ammonia not going down. Have I done something wrong? Getting nervous about whole thing. Btw, I used Ace hardware 10% ammonia.
70 gal freshwater
sand substrate
2 Malaysian driftwood and fake plants
couple river rocks
GH between 0-25
KH (off the chart) around 300ppm
PH 8.2
Running marineland 360 with carbon, seachem matrix and ceramic media.
water temp about 84 deg and running bubbler.
I dosed ammonia to about 3ppm 11 days ago. Now at 2ppm and still reading 0 nitrites. I tested Nitrates tho and they just tested at 30ppm. Wondering if that can be right? I thought you had to have Nitrites before you can have Nitrates. Wondering also why ammonia not going down. Have I done something wrong? Getting nervous about whole thing. Btw, I used Ace hardware 10% ammonia.