Hi all just after a bit of advice if possible.
I started a fish in cycle after a failed fishless cycle (let ammonia get too high, stalled)
I conducted a huge water change and restarted using Tetra safe start to help the cycle process shortly after introducing 2 Mollies.
I've been monitoring the water conditions for a few weeks with Api test kit.
Ammonia slowly climbed and I've never had traces on nitrite (apparently Tetra SS skips this bit) and have had very very small traces of nitrates from the get go.
Anyway, ammonia climbed to 2ppm so I conducted a 50% water change, this reduced the ammonia to 1ppm, with no nitrites and hardly any nitrates.
5 days later I noticed a brown algae bloom so i tested the water today, results show ammonia has decreased to 0.50ppm, nitrites 0ppm and trace nitrates.
Would anyone agree with ammonia decreasing the tank is nearing completion? Even with the nil nitrites and probably 1-2ppm nitrate?
Any help is appreciated.
I started a fish in cycle after a failed fishless cycle (let ammonia get too high, stalled)
I conducted a huge water change and restarted using Tetra safe start to help the cycle process shortly after introducing 2 Mollies.
I've been monitoring the water conditions for a few weeks with Api test kit.
Ammonia slowly climbed and I've never had traces on nitrite (apparently Tetra SS skips this bit) and have had very very small traces of nitrates from the get go.
Anyway, ammonia climbed to 2ppm so I conducted a 50% water change, this reduced the ammonia to 1ppm, with no nitrites and hardly any nitrates.
5 days later I noticed a brown algae bloom so i tested the water today, results show ammonia has decreased to 0.50ppm, nitrites 0ppm and trace nitrates.
Would anyone agree with ammonia decreasing the tank is nearing completion? Even with the nil nitrites and probably 1-2ppm nitrate?
Any help is appreciated.