I'm on day 9 of cycling a 55 gallon freshwater tank. This is my second tank (first one is 20 gallon), but my first time doing a fish-less cycle. The first time I followed the advice of the LFS and added the fish after a few days with Prime and Stability. I only started testing recently, but since my old tank is well established I've only seen the Nitrates fluctuate and the Ammonia and Nitrites have stayed at zero. I'm now having such a hard time determining the colours of the test kit and so my numbers might be off.
To seed my new aquarium I used one of the sponge things from my old filter and put in a a few of the aquarium decorations. I've been putting in Stability daily and adding in fish flakes. I'm at the point where I'm not sure if I need to just keep waiting or feed the bacteria by either adding ammonia or fish.... or something else entirely. Please help.
Oct 3
Ammonia: 0.5 (not sure if from tap water or Prime or?)
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10
Oct 5
Ammonia: 1
Nitrite: 0.5
Nitrate: 5
Oct 7
Ammonia: 1
Nitrite: 0.5
Nitrate: 10
Oct 9
Ammonia: 0.5
Nitrite: 0.25
Nitrate: 10
Oct 11
Ammonia: 0.5
Nitrite: 0.25
Nitrate: 5
So appreciated!
To seed my new aquarium I used one of the sponge things from my old filter and put in a a few of the aquarium decorations. I've been putting in Stability daily and adding in fish flakes. I'm at the point where I'm not sure if I need to just keep waiting or feed the bacteria by either adding ammonia or fish.... or something else entirely. Please help.
Oct 3
Ammonia: 0.5 (not sure if from tap water or Prime or?)
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10
Oct 5
Ammonia: 1
Nitrite: 0.5
Nitrate: 5
Oct 7
Ammonia: 1
Nitrite: 0.5
Nitrate: 10
Oct 9
Ammonia: 0.5
Nitrite: 0.25
Nitrate: 10
Oct 11
Ammonia: 0.5
Nitrite: 0.25
Nitrate: 5
So appreciated!