I'm about 6 days into a fishless cycle and getting a couple of strange results.
Ammonia levels are dropping, I added enough ammonia at the start to get me to 2-3ppm after a couple of days this dropped to 0.25ppm so I add the full dose again and it continues to drop. Strange thing is I'm not getting any nitrite at all, so where is the ammonia going?
The other strange bit, is my tap water has about 10ppm nitrate, but testing nitrate a few times over the last week, and it has dropped to 0ppm. So where has that gone?
A couple of bits of info. that might help. I am seeding with a full filter and media from another tank thats had fish in for 6 months plus. I am also seeding with filter start. I've had a bacterial bloom for about 4 days, and it's just starting to clear.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Ammonia levels are dropping, I added enough ammonia at the start to get me to 2-3ppm after a couple of days this dropped to 0.25ppm so I add the full dose again and it continues to drop. Strange thing is I'm not getting any nitrite at all, so where is the ammonia going?
The other strange bit, is my tap water has about 10ppm nitrate, but testing nitrate a few times over the last week, and it has dropped to 0ppm. So where has that gone?
A couple of bits of info. that might help. I am seeding with a full filter and media from another tank thats had fish in for 6 months plus. I am also seeding with filter start. I've had a bacterial bloom for about 4 days, and it's just starting to clear.
Thanks for any help you can give.