Fishless Cycle Log

[Harlequins]

9.30pm

ammonia 0
nitrite 0 first zero!!

started to go back up with ammonia now-added 3ppm.

 

[waterdrop]

 

[Harlequins]

9.30am

tested this morning

ammonia 0.50
nitrite 1.0

so its nearly there on 12 hours,fingers crossed its zero on tonights test

 

[Harlequins]

9.30pm last night

ammonia 0.25
nitrite 0.50

no ammonia added

9.30am

ammonia 0
nitrite 0

I have added a few flakes and will add ammonia this evening

 

[Harlequins]

9.30pm added 3ppm ammonia(last night)

9.30am today

ammonia 1.0
nitrite 1.0

9.30pm tonight

ammonia 0.25
nitrite 0.50

seems to have slowed down,is this normal?

 

[Harlequins]

9.30am-

ammonia 0

nitrite 0.25

Nitrites are taking their time to shift

 

[waterdrop]

The whole nitrite portion of a fishless cycle can be more dragged out than the ammonia portion. Often people come off "the spike" thinking that's going to be "about it" but then the A-Bacs keep producing lots of nitrite and the N-Bacs are just slower to develope fully into a population that can handle all that for sometimes quite a while after the spike phase. Don't lose heart, its a normal frustration we see a lot and time after time it eventually rights itself and the filter gets to working.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[Harlequins]

Thanks waterdrop

9.30pm (last night) added 3ppm ammonia
ammonia 0
Nitrite 0

9.30am
ammonia 1.0
nitrite 1.0

 

[waterdrop]

 

[Harlequins]

9.30pm

ammonia 0.25,probably less than this,but not yellow or the green on card,looks yellow with a hint of green!
nitrite 0.50

 

[Harlequins]

9.30am

ammonia 0
nitrite 0.25

9.30PM

ammonia 0
nitrite 0

3ppm ammonia added

 

[Harlequins]

9.30am

ammonia 1.0
nitrite 0.25

seems strange the ammonia is now slower than the nitrite,or is that because the nitrates are munching the nitrites?

 

[waterdrop]

 

[Harlequins]

9.30pm

ammonia 0.25
nitrite 0.25

frustration setting in!

 

[Harlequins]

9.30am

ammonia 0
nitrite 0

9.30pm will add 3ppm ammonia