Have had steady increases in my NitrAtes since adding the seeded material. Once NitrItes showed up they had a small spike and then are now quickly turned over to NitrAtes. The problem now is that the Ammonia doesn't come all the way down to zero anymore. Any ideas why that would change as the NitrIte -> NitrAte turn over got better that the Ammonia -> NitrIte turn over has slowed down considerably?
The last week my test kit has read Ammonia 1-3ppm, NitrItes 0ppm and NitrAtes 160ppm .
I just did a partial water change ~20% this morning, so hoping maybe bringing the high NitrAtes down will help somehow?