Hello,
I'm 2 weeks into cycling a 55 gallon tank. I seeded the filter with stuff from my small 10 gallon tank (an old filter and gravel), and I'm already seeing about 10 ppm of Nitrates. I initially dosed 6 ppm of Ammonia, but 11 days into the cycle, when the Ammonia was down to 1 ppm, I dosed it again to bring it back to 6 ppm. Should I keep the ammonia to 6 ppm?
Also, when is my tank officially cycled? This is my first time cycling with Ammonia, and what a big difference from cycling with fish! I sure don't miss those water changes or dead fishes.
Ph is in the 8's. This is gonna be a Mbuna tank, so I used a lot of big river rocks and silver sand.
Thanks!
I'm 2 weeks into cycling a 55 gallon tank. I seeded the filter with stuff from my small 10 gallon tank (an old filter and gravel), and I'm already seeing about 10 ppm of Nitrates. I initially dosed 6 ppm of Ammonia, but 11 days into the cycle, when the Ammonia was down to 1 ppm, I dosed it again to bring it back to 6 ppm. Should I keep the ammonia to 6 ppm?
Also, when is my tank officially cycled? This is my first time cycling with Ammonia, and what a big difference from cycling with fish! I sure don't miss those water changes or dead fishes.
Ph is in the 8's. This is gonna be a Mbuna tank, so I used a lot of big river rocks and silver sand.
Thanks!