eco23
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micaiah12 said:Well I am following all the directions. My fish tank cycle will be a month old in 8 days. This is what my test are telling me. 0ppm of ammonia, 5ppm of No2, and 100 and something of no3. My fish tank is wiping out ammonia so fast. I dose it up to 4ppm every morning then test it in the afternoon. By afternoon the 4ppm diminished to 0. So I dose my tank with ammo twice. Morning and Night. As for my nitrites. They either stay at 5ppm or are off the chart. My Nitrates are completely off the chart usually. I keep on doing 50% water changes to keep an accurate account on them. So the question(s) are.
Am I almost finished?
If I'm not finished am I experiencing something IDK about?
Or do I need more patients? (trust me I have a lot of that)
Thanks
Welcome to the site.
The fact you're dosing ammonia up to 4ppm twice a day is most likely the problem. It results in a ton of nitrIte and nitrAte buildup (as you're seeing) and can really slow down the process.
What I'd suggest is to pick a time of day, and every 24 hours at that time do your testing and add ammonia...but not more than once per day.
Since it's building up so much no2 and no3...it may be worth doing a total water change to get your no2 as low as possible...preferably down to .5-1ppm. Doing a good, thorough gravel vacuuming can help reduce the nitrAtes as well.
I think once you do the massive pwc and reduce the ammonia input...it should finish up pretty quickly.
Good luck, keep us posted