hello
okay so my new set up has been running now for 17 days, external filter, planted, heat at 82 degrees, air pump bubbling, fishless cycling with flakes and pure ammonia.
for the last 7 days my nitrite has been on or around 5ppm, was a deep fuchsia colour, so did a w/c to prevent stalling and has stayed at 5ppm.
the tank can consume 1ppm of ammonia now within 24 hours but the nitrite is not going down (not even with the w/c i did 4 days ago) and the nitrate is starting to climb again (40ppm).
I haven't dosed ammonia in the tank for over 2 days now, added flakes the day before yesterday so any suggestions on what to do next?
carry on with dosing the ammonia or should i convert back to using flakes for the phosphates for the time being?
thanks guys!
okay so my new set up has been running now for 17 days, external filter, planted, heat at 82 degrees, air pump bubbling, fishless cycling with flakes and pure ammonia.
for the last 7 days my nitrite has been on or around 5ppm, was a deep fuchsia colour, so did a w/c to prevent stalling and has stayed at 5ppm.
the tank can consume 1ppm of ammonia now within 24 hours but the nitrite is not going down (not even with the w/c i did 4 days ago) and the nitrate is starting to climb again (40ppm).
I haven't dosed ammonia in the tank for over 2 days now, added flakes the day before yesterday so any suggestions on what to do next?
carry on with dosing the ammonia or should i convert back to using flakes for the phosphates for the time being?
thanks guys!