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Hi!
I have an African cichlid tank with a Raphael Catfish. Although I have a few decent size caves in my aquarium my catfish has decided to make a very big plant his home as he tucks himself into it so he’s hidden. With him moving through it so much he uprooted the plant and tore away the main...
The color of 0 ammonia is yellow and the rest goes from light green to dark so this is definitely reading correct. It’s possibly .25 but definitely not 0. I’ve also only added ammonia once since I posted this and that was on 5/17. I’ll give it some time before adding more and see what happens!
I finished my last dose of Stability on 5/17 and my readings are below:
5/17 - Amm: .5ppm Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 100ppm
I then added a little ammonia to bring it up to 2ppm
5/19 - Amm: .5ppm Nitrite: 0
5/20 - Amm: .5ppm Nitrite: 0
Is there a reason for ammonia not going down to 0?
So on Sunday I added the full dose of Stability for a new tank. Monday I added half the dose as suggested and will do that for 7 days. Last night my readings were showing:
Amm: 4ppm
Nitrite: 2ppm
Nitrate: 5ppm
Looks like some progress is being made hopefully! Just waiting now on the ammonia to...
I tested the water this morning and I’m seeing 2ppm nitrite (.25 pre water change) and 4 ppm of ammonia. As far as the PH question I do have 3 small pieces of driftwood in the tank so I will take them out. I’ll test for nitrates tomorrow evening to see if anything is happening on that front.
Are there any concerns with PH while I’m cycling the tank. Once I did a 50% water change on Friday I saw my PH at 7.4 and this afternoon it is reading at 5.8. Wasn’t sure if PH impacts the bacterial growth or not but figured I’d check as it seems pretty low.
Now once I start adding the Stability following the directions on the bottle, can I still add ammonia to keep it at 4ppm once I see it get at or below 1ppm? I just finished my water change and ph rose to 6.6. I will check all levels tonight to see what ammonia is at.
I agree, this process has been very time consuming. I didn’t add any additional ammonia last night so I’m going to give it 2-3 more days and do more testing to see if the levels of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate change. I’ll have to keep this method in mind the next time I have to cycle a new tank.
Hi!
I’m brand new to cycling and have been following the directions in the below link to cycle my 75 gallon tank. I got to the point where I saw nitrites present and cut in half the amount of ammonia I was adding. This is ammonia from tractor supply plus and does not foam up when shaken or have...