Cycling:strange Test Results

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flash22

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well heres my setup..........

juwel rio 180 with the standard internal filter/pump 6 plants 1 piece of bog wood (well soked first) and a mix of 1/8 and 1/4 gravel well washed with a layer on tetra plant substrate underneath and a juwel aireator/venturi. testing with a API master test kit (liquid)

current temp 27-28ºc

tap water pram's Ph. 7.2 Amon. nil Nitrite Nil Nitrate 10

First dose of ammonia was on the 8/8/07 tested at 5.0 ppm on the 9/8/07

11/8/07 Ph. 7.6 Amon 3 nitrite 0.25

so today i topped the ammonia up again to 5 ppm At 4 am (gmt)


edit. water was treated with aquasafe too
tested it this afternoon and got.........

12/8/07 Amon 5 Nitrite 0.50 Nitrate 40

re did the tests with new test tubes and got the same results

so whats going on

many thanks in advance
 
think i have sorted it now. i have taken out a dead plant and it smelt like it had taken up the ammonia hence the ammonia drop.

also done a 90 litre water change. see how things go now retest when the tank has settled again
 

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