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here's an update, my ammonia has only now gotten down to 1 ppm and has been there for about 3 days. my nitrites have almost completely gone away, and now my nitrates are at 2. if i still dont have an ammonia change tomorrow, is it ok to redose it again? or do i really need to wait until it...

tank is still making progress. my nitrites were at 2.5 last night and ammonia down to 2 ppm. I'll test again tonight. I've had a lingering question about top-offs due to evaporation. I've usually been hesitant to add any more water until i re-add ammonia. I would think that ammonia would...

Thanks! i rinsed out the cartridge in some tank water and it seems to be running better now. I didn't do a water change though. my PH has always been high and i haven't ever seen it fall. I am starting to show some nitrite again, so that is good.

Hey, OM47, i saw in another thread you said you have a Fluval internal filter that you like. I am thinking of switching to one of those, and seeing if that helps. I think my Whisper Internal is just not working, water is coming out behind the filter media and also "hopping the fence" over the...

I don't think it's that, this ammonia is the same kind i've been using the whole time, and it has never foamed. And i noticed all the foam maybe 30 minutes after i added the new gravel and plants.

so, im pretty much still at the same situation. my ammonia takes a week to get down to 0, but now im not showing any nitrites, and my nitrates are at 2. ?? how can that be? i even am using a better test kit (before i was just using a test strip). both tests show the same. where could the...

thanks WD and OM. I'm was worried about that too, its really hard to know how the water really travels up through the filter. i would think that majority of it would have to be coming in contact with the media though...

i decided to do a big water change today to see if that would help. after i did, i was surpised when i tested ammonia and found it at 1 ppm (almost exactly what it was before the water change). then i tested the water straight from my faucet and, aha!, it is also 1 ppm. is that normal...

thanks for replying. Yeah, so far all the water is coming out of the lip where it's supposed to. i'll be sure to rinse out the cartridge in tank water if i see anything different.

It's now the 7th week... since my last post i've added the other 5 gallons of water and added more ammonia when it went down to 1 ppm. i have a powerhead in too. nitrates and nitrites are still the same. ammonia is dropping at the same rate it has week after week. my theory now is that it's...

if it makes you feel better, i'm in like my 7th week and feeling the same way. don't give up, i haven't!

thank you! yeah, I am doing it fishless. I was kind of wondering about the water being only filled halfway too.

Hi all, I apologize for just joining to ask this question, hopefully I can participate further as I go. I am currently in maybe my 6th week of cycling. I can get the ammonia down from 4 ppms to 1 or 0 in about a week, I add more, etc. My Nitrites are beyond the scale, and my Nitrates are...