sidsam
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hey everyone...
I'm 6 weeks into a fishless cycle. I started dosing with 4ppm ammonia and within 2 weeks this began to drop, shortly after nitrites appeared and not long after nitrates appeared. 4 weeks later and nitrites are off the chart high, nitrates are about 40ppm. The nitrites have been off chart for a couple of weeks. I can now dose with 4ppm ammonia and it drops to 0ppm in less than 24 hours so that part of the cycle is well established.
I have been adding a small amount of ammonia everyday to feed the bacteria, is this the right thing to do? I thought the nitrites should be dropping by now.
Should I do a water change? Do I just need to be more patient, lol?
Oh... 10 gal tank I intend as a QT
thanks for any insight.
charlie
I'm 6 weeks into a fishless cycle. I started dosing with 4ppm ammonia and within 2 weeks this began to drop, shortly after nitrites appeared and not long after nitrates appeared. 4 weeks later and nitrites are off the chart high, nitrates are about 40ppm. The nitrites have been off chart for a couple of weeks. I can now dose with 4ppm ammonia and it drops to 0ppm in less than 24 hours so that part of the cycle is well established.
I have been adding a small amount of ammonia everyday to feed the bacteria, is this the right thing to do? I thought the nitrites should be dropping by now.
Should I do a water change? Do I just need to be more patient, lol?
Oh... 10 gal tank I intend as a QT
thanks for any insight.
charlie