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Tested a nice shade of purple for Nitrite yesterday but nothing today. Ammonia still 2. No Nitrate. What happened to my Nitrites????

Did giant (90%ish) water change. Ammonia down to 2. Nitrite .25 I think the problem was in addition to a dose of pure ammonia, I put in fish food & that was keeping ammonia high. I had a lot of rotting fish food in the gravel & tried to remove a lot of that just now. That may've been...

It's API so max is 8. I just tested 3 for ammonia. 0 nitrite.

I've done approximately 75% water changes 6/29 & 7/1, testing 4. Today I tested 4 still, then did a 50% water change. Reason I'm confused is b/c I got a positive test for Nitrites 6/29 but have got zero every time I tested since.

Day 5: ammonia still at 4 😞

I use tap water I de-clorinate. My friend did the same as you & his betta has been alive 2 months. He did use an established filter but says he cleaned it very, very well (b/c it was a school's filter, he says there were crayons & pennies in it), but brand new substrate & brand new...

Yay! I got Nitrites. Appear to be at 1ish. Ammonia at 4ish.

How much ammonia is risking stalling the cycle? I know reccomendation is no more than 3, but right now I'm testing closer to 4-5.

Thanks all for your responses. Tested ammonia this morning & in 4-5 range. I'll keep waiting/testing & let you know when/if things start changing. :) Ugh, question: so will ammonia in 4-5 range take a lot longer than 2-3? Should I do water change to bring it down?

Growing ammonia meaning increasing it from 2 😑 I had ammonia at 2 for 6 weeks & barely tested for nitrates once. I don't think 2 for ammonia is enough. I have it at 3-4 right now. Also I don't think bottle bacteria works. I think it just slows everything down b/c it keeps ammonia & nitrtite down.

I'm not sure liquid bacteria is any good. I used it for my last betta the first few days It seemed to keep ammonia down in the 1-2 range, but I never got any nitrates. Since I'm trying to grow ammonia, it seems counterproductive. Question on de-clorinator: when it says 'fill this amount for X...

Well looks like I got a 3-4 on the ammonia test tonight, so off to a good start. Let's go nitrites!!!! Fingers crossed I get a positive test for them in a couple days! Also, for my 1st betta I did have the test strips. The big problem w/ them is that they didn't have ammonia on it, at least the...

I just picked up some ammonia from Ace's Hardware store. Apparently this is the kind to use. Not sure if I should put some of it in. Just tested ammonia & it's between 1-2 like it usually is. Right but my fish died so trying fishless cycle again. I was never trying to fish-in cycle by...

Yes, correct, I am trying to cycle it w/ fish food flakes. (last time I was trying fish food pellets but ammonia was just staying around 2) I do have heater & filter on. Pre-set heater to 82.