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So I thought that I had turned the corner with the nitrite showing up last time at 1ppm. But it was back down to 0ppm while the ammonia is stil at 4ppm and nitrates at 20ppm. Is there a reason why the nitrites went down but the nitrates didnt incrase and that the ammonia hasnt changed in around...

So some good news, the nitrite, which I was having trouble finding on the test kit, is now up from 0ppm to 1ppm. The nitrates went from 10 to 20ppm. The only thing is, the ammonia is still stuck around 4ppm still. I am assuming that the nitrites recently came in and the hope is that through next...

I am getting worried as it has been a few weeks and it is still at 0 ppm nitrite like it always has, about 4ppm ammonia and 10ppm nitrate. I will check the ph tomorrow and as far as the temperature goes, it has been at around 76 degrees and for the oxygen, I have an air stone. I have a filter...

So the nitrates went up while the nitrites and ammonia stayed the same. It was 2ppm ammonia, 0ppm nitrite and like 10ppm nitrates now

like 8 days

So its been stuck at 0 ppm nitrite, 5ppm nitrate and 2ppm ammonia for a few days now. What should I do?

The only other thing I have read is that since there are two types of bacteria, the one that converts ammonia to nitrites and the one the converts nitrites to nitrates, I may have more of the former hence the low nitrite reading. But I am not sure.

I do have an airstone, I will update you on the KH after I find out, but I know it was on the lower side.

What should I do next?

So I measured my parameters today and it came out to be 2.0ppm for ammonia 0ppm, nitrite and 5.0ppm nitrate. Is it weird that there is no nitrite? What should I do if these readings seem off?

It did arrive damp and the ammonia is still at 2ppm but still no nitrates or nitrites.

I started cycling my tank last Wednesday. I set everything up (sand, plants, driftwood, filter), added conditioned water, and some powdered ammonium chloride, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OTH5TAQ/?tag=ff0d01-20. I waited for a few days and the ammonia testing read 8ppm so I did a 75% water...

So I got the sponge filter from https://angelsplus.com/products/active-sponge-filter and https://fritzaquatics.com/products/fritzzyme-turbostart-700-freshwater. I read the cycling article on this forum about the scheduling on when and how much ammonia to add and such. I was wondering if adding...

One of my tetras just died. This is the second time I have gone through a tank having thought everything was cycled and while the other fish in the tank are still alive I am starting to think that fish keeping just is not for me.