since im nearly at my wits end this was my only way of getting help.
i am on day 4.5 of my first fishless cycle, my ammonia is not dropping at all, in fact its skyrocketed.
param:
ph 7.5
Ammonia is 10.2
(day 1 was 4.8, day 2 was 5.0, day 3 was 7.0 (added no ammonia), day 4 is 9.8 and 6 hours later is now 10.2.
nitrate is 0
nitrite is 0
doing a 20% water change and will retest.
my lfs is telling me to add seachem "stability" but im holding off at the moment.
question is, am I doing something wrong? is there any other parameters to be watching?
im being patient but the tank had a massive sudden infestation of internal parasites and I lost 18 of 23 guppies, 4 of 9 platys and 6 of 6 neon tetras, and 3 of 4 plecos
my LFS had me tear down the 27gal/100L tank, put all surviving fish into a 20gal hospital tank and treat with praquil, melafix, pimafix, general cure, and tetracycline. while they are being treated they had me run a bleach cycle in the big tank at 18:1 water/bleach for 36 hours, then a cleaning cycle with fresh water/RO water at 1:1 for 48 hours, drain, then another 1:1 cycle but at 4 times the dose/gal of "prime" for 48 hours, then drain and start a fishless cycle as per this site article, at a 1:1 with 2 times dose/gal of "prime" and add pure ammonia as per the fishless cycling article.
i am on day 4.5 of my first fishless cycle, my ammonia is not dropping at all, in fact its skyrocketed.
param:
ph 7.5
Ammonia is 10.2
(day 1 was 4.8, day 2 was 5.0, day 3 was 7.0 (added no ammonia), day 4 is 9.8 and 6 hours later is now 10.2.
nitrate is 0
nitrite is 0
doing a 20% water change and will retest.
my lfs is telling me to add seachem "stability" but im holding off at the moment.
question is, am I doing something wrong? is there any other parameters to be watching?
im being patient but the tank had a massive sudden infestation of internal parasites and I lost 18 of 23 guppies, 4 of 9 platys and 6 of 6 neon tetras, and 3 of 4 plecos
my LFS had me tear down the 27gal/100L tank, put all surviving fish into a 20gal hospital tank and treat with praquil, melafix, pimafix, general cure, and tetracycline. while they are being treated they had me run a bleach cycle in the big tank at 18:1 water/bleach for 36 hours, then a cleaning cycle with fresh water/RO water at 1:1 for 48 hours, drain, then another 1:1 cycle but at 4 times the dose/gal of "prime" for 48 hours, then drain and start a fishless cycle as per this site article, at a 1:1 with 2 times dose/gal of "prime" and add pure ammonia as per the fishless cycling article.