I am 16 days into a fishless cycle on a 92 corner bow. I used seed material from my own established tank (some rock and plants decos, plus dirty filter junk) to seed and things were looking good.
I noticed yesterday when I tested the water that my ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates were all at 0 before I dosed the tank with ammonia. I added the ammonia and waited about 10 hours to see what was happening. The readings were:
ammonia 1+ (almost a 2 but not quite)
nititrite 2
nitrate 2
This morning over 12 hours later, the reading are back to 0 again. The ph is 7.2 and the temp has stayed a balmy 82*-84*.
Surely I can't be done already? Am I stalled? What should I do?
I noticed yesterday when I tested the water that my ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates were all at 0 before I dosed the tank with ammonia. I added the ammonia and waited about 10 hours to see what was happening. The readings were:
ammonia 1+ (almost a 2 but not quite)
nititrite 2
nitrate 2
This morning over 12 hours later, the reading are back to 0 again. The ph is 7.2 and the temp has stayed a balmy 82*-84*.
Surely I can't be done already? Am I stalled? What should I do?