Ammonia 2 Ppm

[boabmac63]

My ammonia is 2.0 maybe a little darker using api master test kit dont worry its fishless cycle atm my nitrite is at 0 still and the prawn i put in has mould/fungus on it do i just wait now for nitrite to go up and ammonia to go down ???

 

[the_lock_man]

You wait.

The problem with using prawns and the like for a fishless cycle is that it's incredibly hard to control how much ammonia is in the tank at any given time. If your ammonia level goes too high, it encourages the wrong species of bacteria to grow.

 

[boabmac63]

You wait.

The problem with using prawns and the like for a fishless cycle is that it's incredibly hard to control how much ammonia is in the tank at any given time. If your ammonia level goes too high, it encourages the wrong species of bacteria to grow.

How high and when should i take the prawn out pl hElp its my first time doing this

 

[the_lock_man]

You wait.

The problem with using prawns and the like for a fishless cycle is that it's incredibly hard to control how much ammonia is in the tank at any given time. If your ammonia level goes too high, it encourages the wrong species of bacteria to grow.

How high and when should i take the prawn out pl hElp its my first time doing this

You want to limit the ammonia level to about 5ppm. When it hits that, take out the prawn and wait until the ammonia goes to 0ppm.

If you were using bottled ammonia, I would tell you that you then dose daily to 3ppm, until the nitrite goes to 0ppm in a day. Then dose daily to 5ppm again, until the ammonia and nitrite both drop to 0ppm in 12 hours.

But since you're using a prawn, that will be more difficult to achieve.