Cycling Day 1

[delectableteatray]

nitrate about 80ppm, nitrite about 3ppm

these seem abit high is it normal?

EDIT: doing cycle fishlessly with ammonia

 

[delectableteatray]

(in a message)

hi

i was told to get liquid tests as the strips sometimes look as though they have changed colour when they had'nt!!!!! - especially my nitrItes reading

not sure if this is the case here with ur nitrItes??

as for nitrAtes have you tested your tap water untreated - sumtimes there are nitrAtes in tap water

davep i think it was in beginner questions had problem with his tap water and got something to lower it - i'm lucky my tap water is brill so am lucky just having to do the thing of WAITING (i hate waiting - hehehe)

otherwise still cycling here - so cant really say more!!

rob

Thanks for reply, i am using liquid test kits, and have just tested me untreated tap water and got a much lower reading of nitrates, about 2 ppm

anybody know what's going on??

Thanks

 

[reddannyh]

Does sound a bit fishy (excuse the pun) that you have a nitrite and nitrate reading so fast, especially that high! Have you added any maturation fluid or perhaps a live colony of bacteria?

 

[delectableteatray]

Does sound a bit fishy (excuse the pun) that you have a nitrite and nitrate reading so fast, especially that high! Have you added any maturation fluid or perhaps a live colony of bacteria?

I took a sample to the lfs last weekend before i knew about cycling, the tank had been set up for two weeks with nothing in it. They found the very high readings so i didn't take the fish.

I don't need to replace all my water do it

 

[delectableteatray]

Cycle Day 2

Ammonia: 5-6ppm

Nitrite: 5.0ppm

Nitrate: 5.0ppm

 

[riverman444]

Cycle Day 2

Ammonia: 5-6ppm

Nitrite: 5.0ppm

Nitrate: 5.0ppm

Test your tap water once. What does it read?

 

[delectableteatray]

Tap Water Readings:

Ammonia: 0.25ppm

Nitrite: 0ppm

Nitrate: 15ppm



Please help sorry

 

[delectableteatray]

just retested nitrite and ammonia before i go to bed

nitrite: 6.0ppm

ammonia: 2.5-3ppm

at least ammonia's showing signs of improvement

should i do some water changes to see if it will affect my high nitrites?

 

[delectableteatray]

Cycle Day 3

Ammonia: 0ppm

Nitrite: 5ppm

Nitrate: 10ppm


Will top up ammonia back to 5ppm

still worried about my nitrates/ites, anybody know what could be happening?

 

[delectableteatray]

Cycle Day 4

Ammonia: 0.3ppm

Nitrite: 0.5ppm

Nitrate: 10ppm

Now do i wait for my nitrites to drop to 0, then i can add fish?

thanks

 

[mark7616]

you seeem to be having odd results you nitrite shouldnt show till a good few days into cycling then that will peak the eventually it will fall to 0 you want everything bar nitrate to be 0

 

[delectableteatray]

you seeem to be having odd results you nitrite shouldnt show till a good few days into cycling then that will peak the eventually it will fall to 0 you want everything bar nitrate to be 0

That's why I'm asking here because my results are weird

Thanks anyhu

 

[mark7616]

well what test kit are you using

 

[delectableteatray]

well what test kit are you using

I have the Freshwater Master Test Kit

http/aquariumpharm.com/en_gb/productCate...ryname=TestKits

It's on there

 

[BigIan]

very odd what have you put into your tank anything from other tanks? or maybe some chemicals?