mrg02d
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Hello all,
I have been cycling my new 7.5g tank for a week now and have watched the ammonia spike very high, and then RAPIDLY go to zero. (three days). Nitrites then went off charts and rapidly decreased. Nitrates are now off the charts. Sounds cycled huh? Problem is, is that the nitrites refuse to go to the nice sky blue color. They have remained solid for three days at this strange blue with some grey mixed in.
I added 8lbs of live rock, so that explains the quick cycle. But nothing seems to explain the reason why nitrites wont become the nice sky blue that indicates zero. Its much closer to the zero color than the 0.25ppm color. I am using an API test kit.
Any ideas what is going on? What could have the nitrites drop rapidly (over 3 days) and then end this funny way? I dont know if they are zero, or not.
Ideas?
Matt
I have been cycling my new 7.5g tank for a week now and have watched the ammonia spike very high, and then RAPIDLY go to zero. (three days). Nitrites then went off charts and rapidly decreased. Nitrates are now off the charts. Sounds cycled huh? Problem is, is that the nitrites refuse to go to the nice sky blue color. They have remained solid for three days at this strange blue with some grey mixed in.
I added 8lbs of live rock, so that explains the quick cycle. But nothing seems to explain the reason why nitrites wont become the nice sky blue that indicates zero. Its much closer to the zero color than the 0.25ppm color. I am using an API test kit.
Any ideas what is going on? What could have the nitrites drop rapidly (over 3 days) and then end this funny way? I dont know if they are zero, or not.
Ideas?
Matt