missmercury83
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- May 1, 2018
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Hey everyone,
So i've been cycling my tank for almost 8 weeks now....
At week 7 I thought I could celebrate as it seemed my cycle was coming to an end - The Nitrates were around 20, the Nitrite finally dropped to 0 overnight.... and then i waited...... for the ammonia to drop andddddddd..... nothing. It just stayed the same at 2, for days! As i was under the impression that it was supposed to drop to 0 with my nitrite within 24 hours of each other, I thought that maybe I was doing the right thing by doing a water change. Then someone on facebook told me it should happen by itself. So i stopped and then maybe made the next stupid decision to add ammonia again up to 4ppm. Its been like that for a week, then yesterday the nitrites spiked up again, and today theyve dropped back down to 0 again but the ammonia is STILL sitting at 4ppm.
huh???
I need help. Is this normal? Do i just wait for the ammonia to drop by itself? do i help it out with water changes?? have I done something drastically wrong to my cycle??
any help is much appreciated.
Thank you.
So i've been cycling my tank for almost 8 weeks now....
At week 7 I thought I could celebrate as it seemed my cycle was coming to an end - The Nitrates were around 20, the Nitrite finally dropped to 0 overnight.... and then i waited...... for the ammonia to drop andddddddd..... nothing. It just stayed the same at 2, for days! As i was under the impression that it was supposed to drop to 0 with my nitrite within 24 hours of each other, I thought that maybe I was doing the right thing by doing a water change. Then someone on facebook told me it should happen by itself. So i stopped and then maybe made the next stupid decision to add ammonia again up to 4ppm. Its been like that for a week, then yesterday the nitrites spiked up again, and today theyve dropped back down to 0 again but the ammonia is STILL sitting at 4ppm.
huh???
I need help. Is this normal? Do i just wait for the ammonia to drop by itself? do i help it out with water changes?? have I done something drastically wrong to my cycle??
any help is much appreciated.
Thank you.