Kishore
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hi,
I bought a 200 liters aquarium last month and began my fishless cycle on 20/4(date is in DD/MM). I bought my ammonia from chemical dealer and I think it is pure ammonia(which some people say would delay the cycle??). 1 ml of it raises the ammonia reading by 1 ppm roughly.
I dosed it till 4 ppm.The ammonia first started to drop a couple days later. It reduced by half. . It has been going well. But I went on a short family trip on the first week of May. I tested when I left, ammonia was at 0.5 ppm and then I added 3 ml of my pure ammonia. So it would have been around 4 ppm then.
I returned and found that it had dropped to 0.25 ppm. Not zero. I thought that since there was no light and no addition of fish food for nutrients and stuff for a whole week, so maybe it hadn't dropped to zero. I then continued with my routine and never saw it drop to 0. Always 0.25 ppm or 0.5 ppm. And then i dose it back to 4 ppm again. This has been continuing. My recent test was on 13 May at 10.15 pm.
Ammo - 1 ppm
Nitrates - 0 ppm
This was the exact result yesterday too. For now, I dosed around 2.5 ml, so ammonia should now be around 4 ppm. I am worried what might be the cause of my ammo not dropping to 0?
I bought a 200 liters aquarium last month and began my fishless cycle on 20/4(date is in DD/MM). I bought my ammonia from chemical dealer and I think it is pure ammonia(which some people say would delay the cycle??). 1 ml of it raises the ammonia reading by 1 ppm roughly.
I dosed it till 4 ppm.The ammonia first started to drop a couple days later. It reduced by half. . It has been going well. But I went on a short family trip on the first week of May. I tested when I left, ammonia was at 0.5 ppm and then I added 3 ml of my pure ammonia. So it would have been around 4 ppm then.
I returned and found that it had dropped to 0.25 ppm. Not zero. I thought that since there was no light and no addition of fish food for nutrients and stuff for a whole week, so maybe it hadn't dropped to zero. I then continued with my routine and never saw it drop to 0. Always 0.25 ppm or 0.5 ppm. And then i dose it back to 4 ppm again. This has been continuing. My recent test was on 13 May at 10.15 pm.
Ammo - 1 ppm
Nitrates - 0 ppm
This was the exact result yesterday too. For now, I dosed around 2.5 ml, so ammonia should now be around 4 ppm. I am worried what might be the cause of my ammo not dropping to 0?