Day 19 Of My Fishless Cycle.

[eaglesaquarium]

We shall see. Fingers crossed for a double zero.


Your nitrates are creeping up pretty high, but your pH has been rock solid. I would keep a close eye on it. You might get a pH crash in the near future, of course, you might not - it all depends on your water's buffering capacity.

 

[JohnBull]

DAY 25 7.45 pm


AMMONIA 0


NITRITE 2.0 ppm


NITRATE 100+ ppm


PH 7.4



Although its hard to tell exactly (because the API colours in purple do seem to merge at times ) my Nitrite level has definitely gone up tonight to at least 2.0 ppm.

Nitrate remains 100+


PH is stable at 7.4



Confused ???



John.

 

[JohnBull]

DAY 26 - 8.00 am


AMMONIA 0 ( DOSED WITH 3mls )

NITRITE 0

NITRATE 80/100


PH 7.4





John.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

You ares still well within the norm of a fishless cycle. A lot of times they will seem to stall a bit with higher nitrates. If you would like to do something, you could do a huge water change, which might just kickstart it again to process more nitrite in 12 hours. (Doing this would actually pause your cycle for a day or two, but after that, it will probably continue from that point without a hitch.)


Its up to you. You'll have to do a massive water change eventually anyway, so its not like its extra work. Just be sure to turn off the filter and heater first. And practice adding temp matched dechlorinated water.

 

[JohnBull]

Ok.


I will test again tonight,and if its not double zero I will do a 100% water change.



John.

 

[JohnBull]

DAY 26 - 8.00pm


AMMONIA 0


NITRITE 2


NITRATE 100+


PH 7.4



>>>>>>> 95 % WATER CHANGE COMPLETED AT 9.00 pm <<<<<<<



John.

 

[JohnBull]

DAY 27 - 7.00 am


AMMONIA 0 ( 3ml of Ammonia added )

NITRITE 0

NITRATE 5.0 ppm



John.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Fingers crossed for you buddy!

 

[JohnBull]

DAY 27 - 7.30 pm


AMMONIA 0


NITRITE 0.5


NITRATE 40 ppm (THE READING WAS ACTUALLY 80, BUT MY LOCAL TAP WATER HAS A NITRATE READING OF 40 ppm ) ?


PH 8.0 (NORMAL READING 7.4 )



John.

 

[JohnBull]

DAY 28 - 7.30 am


AMMONIA 0 ( re-dosed with 3 ml )


NITRITE 0


NITRATE 40/80


PH 7.4



John.

 

[JohnBull]

DAY 28 - 7.30 pm


AMMONIA 0


NITRITE 1


NITRATE 80


PH 7.4


Thoughts ???



John

 

[JohnBull]

DAY 29 - 8.00 am


AMMONIA 0

NITRITE 0.25


NITRATE 80/100


PH 7.4



HAS MY CYCLE STALLED AGAIN, OR AM I STILL ON TRACK ?


I did a 95% water change just recently.



John.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

I don't think it has "stalled" I just think its taking a little time to get through the entire thing. Patience is the key. How recent was the water change? Sometimes a water change can cause a bit of a pause in the cycle itself. I would do nothing, other than to continue to monitor for a few more days. You are very close to a double zero reading. It is coming!

 

[eaglesaquarium]

bump...

You are doing fine... patience is the key now.

 

[JohnBull]

Hi,


So I just keep adding dosing with Ammonia every 24 hours and testing every 12 hours as per norm ?


Did a 95% water change 3 days ago btw.



John.