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Hello. I am cycling the tank for an axolotl and chose to do a fishless cycle so as to not put any stress on the animal. Currently I believe my tank has cycled but is this normal: it went 0 ammonia 0 nitrites and 80 nitrates then I dosed to 2ppm to test processing time and nitrites went to 0.25...

Ok. Arghhh this is so frustrating. Should I have been doing water changes this whole time ? It was 5ppm for a few weeks with no water changes before it dropped to 0 a couple days ago.

Ok now it’s done something strange. I waited longer than 24 hours and it came down to 0 and ammonia 0 finally. I dosed ammonia to 2ppm to test to see if it would come down again in 24 hours and at 30 hours the ammonia is at 0.25 and the nitrites are back up to 1.0!!! Huh?? What have I done wrong...

Hey everyone, This is my second attempt at cycling my 4ft tank within 6 months. The first time everything was going well until I got a bit excited and ended up stalling and eventually ruining the tank cycle. Eventually, after 4 months we got back on track and here I am at 6 months and I *think*...

It’s just a generic Australian supermarket brand. The ingredients listed are just ammonia NH3. Ok I’ll leave it for now and see what happens in the next few days. Thanks for your advice :)

Hi! No not insulting at all. Yes I have put water dechlorinator in each time I’ve done any water changes! So confused. :(

Thanks for your reply ! At first I was putting in fish food to rot for the first few weeks. Then i discovered store bought ammonia!. Ive dosed up to 4ppm. The nitrates are sitting at maybe just over 20. Im a little confused now as one person has said to do water changes to get my ammonia to 0...

Hey everyone, So i've been cycling my tank for almost 8 weeks now.... At week 7 I thought I could celebrate as it seemed my cycle was coming to an end - The Nitrates were around 20, the Nitrite finally dropped to 0 overnight.... and then i waited...... for the ammonia to drop andddddddd...

No nothing has been changed :( The thing is it looks like its at the end of the cycle its just the ammonia wont go down. After writing the post last night i tested the water again today and the nitrite has once again shot back down to 0 and the ammonia is STILL at 4. isnt it supposed to both go...

Hi all, This is my first post on the forum. I am currently cycling my 4ft tank in the hope for a new axolotl. The tank cycling process, although long and frustrating, seemed to be going as planned for the first 7 weeks. At the end of week 7, the day finally came when my Nitrite dropped to 0...