Aquariusly
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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I have been doing a fishless cycle for almost 5 weeks now...
It's a 40 litre tank
I didn't use ammonia as I was advised not to but wish I had after doing all the research...
So I did it with fish food... I had a spike in ammonia and then nitrites and then ammonia was 0 and within a 2 weeks nitrates had gone up and both my ammonia and nitrites were 0 but someone on another forum told me it was too quick... and to make sure it was cycled properly .. so I carried on and then when I got nitrites again they were high and stayed for 2 and a half weeks and only went down almost a week ago but then just as it was going right down and was barely showing any, my ammonia spiked but now that won't go down and my nitrites haven't gone up and it's been 5 days ... I dunno what to do.. I've done water changes and followed everything I read.. I have a large annubias plant in there and some moss.. the anubias hasn't been doing too well but it's still looking okay...
I don't know what I'm doing wrong... should I start again ? Can you even start again ? Or shall I leave it and hope it carries on and eventually cycles ?
If anyone has any advice for me I'd be very grateful.. please dumb it down for me tho .. ?
It's a 40 litre tank
I didn't use ammonia as I was advised not to but wish I had after doing all the research...
So I did it with fish food... I had a spike in ammonia and then nitrites and then ammonia was 0 and within a 2 weeks nitrates had gone up and both my ammonia and nitrites were 0 but someone on another forum told me it was too quick... and to make sure it was cycled properly .. so I carried on and then when I got nitrites again they were high and stayed for 2 and a half weeks and only went down almost a week ago but then just as it was going right down and was barely showing any, my ammonia spiked but now that won't go down and my nitrites haven't gone up and it's been 5 days ... I dunno what to do.. I've done water changes and followed everything I read.. I have a large annubias plant in there and some moss.. the anubias hasn't been doing too well but it's still looking okay...
I don't know what I'm doing wrong... should I start again ? Can you even start again ? Or shall I leave it and hope it carries on and eventually cycles ?
If anyone has any advice for me I'd be very grateful.. please dumb it down for me tho .. ?