Hi everyone new to this forum and pretty new to fishkeeping!
I've had my 10 gal tank for almost 3 months. Unfortunately cycling with my betta, who I got at the same time.
I've kept a log during this whole process. Ammonia had always stayed consistent at 0.25 ppm, no matter the frequent water changes, until about a month ago when it finally came down (and stayed down as of today).
However, nitrates and nitrites have never gone up and always stayed at 0. There was one instance where Nitrate did go up to 0.25, but it quickly came back to 0.
I have a couple of live plants (2 marimo moss balls, and used to have 1 anubias but it died a month back, buried the roots)
Also, have a heater always set to 80, and a sponge filter always running. I did however swap out my first filter for the sponge, one month into cycling.
Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrates have been at 0 for the past month. Is my tank cycled? Posted this on another forum site, so posting here to get more answers!
I've had my 10 gal tank for almost 3 months. Unfortunately cycling with my betta, who I got at the same time.
I've kept a log during this whole process. Ammonia had always stayed consistent at 0.25 ppm, no matter the frequent water changes, until about a month ago when it finally came down (and stayed down as of today).
However, nitrates and nitrites have never gone up and always stayed at 0. There was one instance where Nitrate did go up to 0.25, but it quickly came back to 0.
I have a couple of live plants (2 marimo moss balls, and used to have 1 anubias but it died a month back, buried the roots)
Also, have a heater always set to 80, and a sponge filter always running. I did however swap out my first filter for the sponge, one month into cycling.
Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrates have been at 0 for the past month. Is my tank cycled? Posted this on another forum site, so posting here to get more answers!