RodW
New Member
Hi,
I haven't kept fish for 30 years and I want to get back in to it. I've set up a 230L tank. Treated the water for chlorine, washed everything, got it all up and running. I've added ammonia so its now at 4ppm since the 20th and it's been like that ever since. It just seems I can't get the cycle to start. Anyone got any ideas what could be going wrong? The pH looks to be over 7.6 so I know I should bring that down a bit but it's doing my head in. Temperature is 27-28 degrees.
Testing just shows 0 nitrites but 40ppm nitrates but that's how it's coming out of the tap.
Where am I going wrong?
Thanks,
Rod
I haven't kept fish for 30 years and I want to get back in to it. I've set up a 230L tank. Treated the water for chlorine, washed everything, got it all up and running. I've added ammonia so its now at 4ppm since the 20th and it's been like that ever since. It just seems I can't get the cycle to start. Anyone got any ideas what could be going wrong? The pH looks to be over 7.6 so I know I should bring that down a bit but it's doing my head in. Temperature is 27-28 degrees.
Testing just shows 0 nitrites but 40ppm nitrates but that's how it's coming out of the tap.
Where am I going wrong?
Thanks,
Rod