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Hello all,
newbie here. so i set up my 20 gallon tank a month ago. Used salt from Dupla marin. I then added a starter bacteria for fishless cycle. It had a pungent smell, and after adding it i had ammonia of 1ppm aaprx. The bottle suggested to dose daily until ammonia drops to zero and so i did. no change. Then i bought another bacteria from Colombo bacto marin and dosed as instructed. Tbh, dosed it a bit more sometimes to see if it helps, but ammonia still constant. i raised the tank temperature after that to 29 from 25. still same. i do have very little nitrite and nitrate. using ro/di water always. i know patience is the key but shouldnt i have found a little change in ammonia levels? what am i missing here? using both colombo and tropic marin test kits for accuracy and cross-check.
thank you for your help in advance.
history of tank:- set up system initially with arka reef rock(dry rocks) without sand. no skimmer as i do not need it now. then later i added sand after 2 weeks i guess.
newbie here. so i set up my 20 gallon tank a month ago. Used salt from Dupla marin. I then added a starter bacteria for fishless cycle. It had a pungent smell, and after adding it i had ammonia of 1ppm aaprx. The bottle suggested to dose daily until ammonia drops to zero and so i did. no change. Then i bought another bacteria from Colombo bacto marin and dosed as instructed. Tbh, dosed it a bit more sometimes to see if it helps, but ammonia still constant. i raised the tank temperature after that to 29 from 25. still same. i do have very little nitrite and nitrate. using ro/di water always. i know patience is the key but shouldnt i have found a little change in ammonia levels? what am i missing here? using both colombo and tropic marin test kits for accuracy and cross-check.
thank you for your help in advance.
history of tank:- set up system initially with arka reef rock(dry rocks) without sand. no skimmer as i do not need it now. then later i added sand after 2 weeks i guess.