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Hey everyone. I recently completed a fish-less cycle in my 36 gallon tank. The tank is stocked with gravel, a few decorations, and fake plants. I have a Seachem Tidal 55 HOB filter running. I made a trip to the store today and stocked it with the following: 1 dwarf gourami 4 glass 5 hatchet...

Could really use some help on next steps here. On Thursday my readings were Temp 81 Ph 6.6 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0.25 Nitrate 20 I dosed ammonia back up to 2-3ppm Thursday night. Today’s readings temp 80 Ph 6.4 Ammonia 0.25 Nitrite 2.0 Nitrate 40 My PH continues to drop after the last...

It’s just weird how it went through all of this several weeks ago. Then suddenly no nitrites appeared anymore and it seemed like I was close to finishing. And now I am back to both nitrites and nitrates appearing. Do I wait for the ammonia to drop more and then dose it back to 2 again? Also...

Here are today’s readings. temp 81 Ph 6.6 Ammonia 0.50 Nitrite 0.25 Nitrate 20 So today I am back to registering some nitrite again. The ammonia is slowly dropping. The last time I dosed any ammonia was on 11/20 when I had brought it up to 2. It looks like the tank is going back to cycling...

I’m completely stumped at this point. Here are my readings today. Temp 81 PH 7.0 Ammonia 2 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 10 essentially zero change from yesterday. It’s like the cycle has completely halted at this point. I’m starting to think this is a pointless process...

Well, here is today’s update. last night I completed a 90% water change. Afterwards, I dosed it with ammonia back to 2-3ppm. Todays readings: Temp 81 PH 7.2 Ammonia 2 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 5

Any suggestion if I should do anything tonight? Dose ammonia again and check tomorrow?

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I will leave another sample out overnight and test tomorrow with normal range. I checked my water companies page online for readings but did not see GH and KH. I am using the API kit, but it didn’t come with anything to measure those. Any recommended kits I should pickup for that? I also did not...

High range only on the sample left over night.

Today’s readings: PH 6 Ammonia 0.25 Nitrite 0 Ammonia 40+ (it’s difficult to read the difference between 40 and 80 on the chart) temp 83 degrees There are no live plants in this tank. Only gravel and decorations. At this point I am debating between giving the tank a 90% water change and...

I tested the sample from the tap that was left out overnight. It’s still showing 8.4

I just tested the tap water for nitrates and it was 0. My nitrates definitely dropped in the tank after the 50% water change. I dosed the tank back to 2 ammonia following the change. Nitrates have been rising every day since and the ammonia has been slowly dropping. My nitrites remained zero the...

Ok. I took a fresh sample of water from the tap and tested for PH. It immediately went to 7.6 so I also tested a fresh sample with the high range PH and it shows 8.4. The ammonia sample from the tap shows 0. I have a sample that I will leave out over night and test PH tomorrow. Todays...

The tank has been converting ammonia to nitrite though. I tracked Nitrites rising and spiking before they suddenly fell to zero. And I can track my nitrates rising every day. Its to the point where it seems any ammonia converted to nitrites are quickly converted to nitrates. It’s just the...