Long story short, due to changing my aquarium substrate on 11th of June. As a result, my cycle crashed (Despite using the same filter and aquarium water prior to the crash) while the aquarium still contains fish.
Ive been following guides on trying to start a “fish-in cycle” but I’m currently 3 months in and no luck, and have lost roughly 5 fish as a result (2 Guppies and 3 Neon Tetras).
I am in dire need of getting the cycle started but am running out of ideas.
Any suggestions or help would be extremely apricated.
Tank:
Issue/Readings:
Things ive Tried:
What I’m currently trying:
Ive been following guides on trying to start a “fish-in cycle” but I’m currently 3 months in and no luck, and have lost roughly 5 fish as a result (2 Guppies and 3 Neon Tetras).
I am in dire need of getting the cycle started but am running out of ideas.
Any suggestions or help would be extremely apricated.
Tank:
- 60L
- holds 9 neon tetras and 5 Scissor tail Rasboras.
Issue/Readings:
- Ammonia will hit about 0.2, 2 days after a water change. Would previously hit about 0.2/0.5 every day despite water changes
- Nitrate has remained 0 (no traces ever shown)
- Nitrite has remained 0 (no trace ever shown)
- PH = 7.5
- KH =5 (trying to raise but problematic due to such frequent water changes)
- GH= 11
Things ive Tried:
- Daily water changes to keep ammonia low
- Applying bacteria gel directly to the filter sponge
- Buying an additional filter which holds ceramic bacteria rings (so now have 2 filter pumps running)
What I’m currently trying:
- Dosing with Xtreme water conditioner to aid in Amonia removal
- Feeding the fish small amounts, every other day
- Performing water changes every other day
- Dosing with xtreme water conditioner and bio booster liquid with each water change
- Adding 3 bio balls once a week directly in to the filter