The Dog
New Member
Hiya Lads, Ladettes.
Ive been cycling my first tank.
I started with Dr Tims Denitrifying solution and fed with Ammonia to 2ppm.
I then tested for a week or so.
My Ammonia went down but stalled at 0. 25ppm - 0.50ppm. My Nitrites stayed at 0 throughout (annoyingly) then the Nitrates blew up 160ppm.
I carried out a 50% water change last night and Dosed with ammonia to 2ppm and 20hrs late it had come down 0.5.
I might be confusing myself here but I expected to see a rise in Nitrites (none)
I have topped up using API Streszyme+ and would hope tomorrow to see the ammonia lowered significantly, but i wont be surprised if it doesnt.
Any ideas please on how i can assist whet I'm doing already
Kind regards
D
Ive been cycling my first tank.
I started with Dr Tims Denitrifying solution and fed with Ammonia to 2ppm.
I then tested for a week or so.
My Ammonia went down but stalled at 0. 25ppm - 0.50ppm. My Nitrites stayed at 0 throughout (annoyingly) then the Nitrates blew up 160ppm.
I carried out a 50% water change last night and Dosed with ammonia to 2ppm and 20hrs late it had come down 0.5.
I might be confusing myself here but I expected to see a rise in Nitrites (none)
I have topped up using API Streszyme+ and would hope tomorrow to see the ammonia lowered significantly, but i wont be surprised if it doesnt.
Any ideas please on how i can assist whet I'm doing already
Kind regards
D