Progress!

[AshleyNZ]

After weeks of no movement with my ammonia at 2ppm, and just about giving up hope,  I tested the water today, and the ammonia has come back at 0.50 ppm!
 
I am so excited, because just recently I was told I wouldn't be able to cycle my tank without having a heater.
It seems like this is not the case I will be hopefully getting a new heater soon. 
 
Progress so far:

 
Any advice on where to go from here?

 

[TallTree01]

Yay! Great news Ashley!
P.S - I never said it couldn't be done. I said it would take a while, as I'm sure you've figured out lol.

 

[daizeUK]

It's odd that your nitrites are still showing zero - where did the ammonia go? 

 

[EllieJellyEllie]

Yay ash! Now when you get a heater, just slowly raise heat. I wish I saw your face, your false test face was pricesless

It's odd that your nitrites are still showing zero - where did the ammonia go? 

She has plants. Maybe thats it

 

[daizeUK]

Plants can certainly use ammonia, but they would have done so at a steady rate for the last few weeks, unless Ashley has added a lot of plants just recently.  I rather get the impression that this is a sudden drop more characteristic of bacterial action, which should have produced some corresponding nitrite.

 

[noobgamers]

Plants can certainly use ammonia, but they would have done so at a steady rate for the last few weeks, unless Ashley has added a lot of plants just recently.  I rather get the impression that this is a sudden drop more characteristic of bacterial action, which should have produced some corresponding nitrite.

which the plants can soak up at a surprising rate i know in both of my tanks i dont need to do water changes because my plants take up 99 percent of the nitrates it owuld take about a month for my nitrate to get up to 30ppm

 

[TwoTankAmin]

But plants take up ammonia and nitrate, but not nitrite.