nkim1994
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi so I think I'm almost done cycling my tank!
My nitrite wasn't dropping for awhile, then I read it may have been bc I kept dosing my ammonia back to 2 ppm after it dropped... so I stopped adding ammonia, maybe every other day put a couple drops in just to keep the bacteria from dying...
Last couple days
8/24
Ammonia .7 ppm
Nitrite 3.5
Nitrate 40 ppm
PH 7.2
8/25
0 ppm
4.5ppm
90 ppm
6.9
Did water change to drop nitrates and raise pH
8/26
0 ppm
2.0ppm
50 ppm
7.2
8/27
0 ppm
.7 ppm
10 ppm
7.2
Does it look like it's almost done? Should I dose ammonia to 1 ppm or wait till it hits 0ppm?
I'm worried that the ammonia eatting bacteria will die...
Thanks! Hopefully I can add fish soon!
My nitrite wasn't dropping for awhile, then I read it may have been bc I kept dosing my ammonia back to 2 ppm after it dropped... so I stopped adding ammonia, maybe every other day put a couple drops in just to keep the bacteria from dying...
Last couple days
8/24
Ammonia .7 ppm
Nitrite 3.5
Nitrate 40 ppm
PH 7.2
8/25
0 ppm
4.5ppm
90 ppm
6.9
Did water change to drop nitrates and raise pH
8/26
0 ppm
2.0ppm
50 ppm
7.2
8/27
0 ppm
.7 ppm
10 ppm
7.2
Does it look like it's almost done? Should I dose ammonia to 1 ppm or wait till it hits 0ppm?
I'm worried that the ammonia eatting bacteria will die...
Thanks! Hopefully I can add fish soon!