Recent content by gforee

From the original post: "We emptied it out and started over with some media from an established tank and 3 blackhead minnows from the bait store. That was the last week of April. Still have ammonia off the charts (it's nearly blue) and zero nitrite. Where is this magical ammonia eating bacteria...

That is something I had not considered. All I have ever read is about ammonia levels being too low for the cycle to complete. I've been deliberately leaving them high for that very reason.

As I stated in my original post, I use API tap water conditioner. The question is not what to do. The question is: why does there seem to be no ammonia destroying bacteria infiltrating my tank, even after seeding from an established tank? And it was 4 months before I gave up round 1 and we are...

Tap water registered a big zero.

Testing now. But at any rate, why would I not be cycling? Why am I not getting any nitrates or nitrites?

We started a tank on Christmas Eve with 6 tetras. 3 months later, the tank still had never reached a zero ammonia reading, although we were getting nitrite here and there. (One day it was there, next several it was not, etc.). When my 4 year old son killed the fish (he wanted to show his little...

I use API products and have used AmmoLock since day 1. I had just never heard of a tank with rising nitrite start to lose it and go back into the ammonia stage. That was my question. Thank you for all of your help! I just kept up with the same routine and the nitrite is back on the rise with the...

Nobody? ?

We set up out tank on 12/24. Put fish in. Kept up with water changes and levels. Last Sunday, we got the nitrite levels coming up (finally) and the ammonia dropped. Checked again tuesday and Thursday. Same results: rising nitrite, ammonia at/near zero. Today, nitrite reads zero and ammonia has...

I changed out 4 gallons last night and 7 this morning (6 hours ago). Went to town and bought NH3/NH4 test kit. Just checked and it gave a 0.25 reading. NO2/NO3 still reading zero. The poorest one last night gave it up a little while ago. The two remaining tetra seem to be doing normal fish type...

Before I get fully into my problem, let me first explain that I live in a rural area with limited access to resources. I am about 50 miles from a town that might have a fish expert. We set up a new tank last week. I researched for several weeks before the big day. I trolled this site among...