I was wondering if you guys could tell me how my parameters are looking in my day 3 of a fishless cycle and what to change.
Ph:7.4
Ammonia:4
Nitrite:2
Nitrate:20
Ph:7.4
Ammonia:4
Nitrite:2
Nitrate:20
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What was the starting ammonia level? Are you using Dr.Tim’s?I was wondering if you guys could tell me how my parameters are looking in my day 3 of a fishless cycle and what to change.
Ph:7.4
Ammonia:4
Nitrite:2
Nitrate:20
It was pretty low around 0 and I’m using bacterstartxlm and pure ammoniaWhat was the starting ammonia level? Are you using Dr.Tim’s?
YesClarifying questions…
When you first added ammonia, what was the level on day 0?
What is pure ammonia?
Also, you can stop testing for nitrate while you have nitrite present it isn’t accurate
I only added the recommend 4 drops per gallon and I tried to use a little less then what they told me and day 1 when I first measured before adding anything ammonia was close to 0Also, you can stop testing for nitrate while you have nitrite present it isn’t accurate
Yesterday day 2 it was around .5 - 1 areaDid you test sometime after those 4 drops? Has it ever been higher than the current reading of 4?
Yesterday day 2 it was around .5 - 1 area
The photo is attached is from day 2 which was yesterday
Awesome thank uThat pretty much indicates things are good to go. Just do a water change before you add the first fish. Note that QT-ing the fish or buying from a QT vendor will save you a ton of time and headaches down the road.
Your ammonia went up from .5-1 yesterday to 4 today? Have you been adding more ammonia?Yesterday day 2 it was around .5 - 1 area
The photo is attached is from day 2 which was yesterday
No i havent ,i will test it again tonight and send a pictureYour ammonia went up from .5-1 yesterday to 4 today? Have you been adding more ammonia?
Well it should never be higher than it was about 30 mins after you added the ammonia on the first day…it will gradually decrease while the nitrites increase until the ammonia hits zero and then you are good to add livestock while the nitrite continues to be broken down into nitrate…if your ammonia is increasing something is wrong and you have an additional ammonia source other than the drops you initially used…that or your test is inaccurateNo i havent ,i will test it again tonight and send a picture
That pretty much indicates things are good to go. Just do a water change before you add the first fish. Note that QT-ing the fish or buying from a QT vendor will save you a ton of time and headaches down the road.
PS nitrite will go down by the time a fish goes in
I think you missed the part where he said it was 4 ppm today after being .5-1 yesterday
Then you need to figure out where that ammonia is coming from becuase if you think your only source was the drops 4 days ago and it was 0.5-1 yesterday you’re wrongThis is the most recent test
Gonna assume it’s my sand because I only have sand and rock in there as of now is there anything I should do besides waitThen you need to figure out where that ammonia is coming from becuase if you think your only source was the drops 4 days ago and it was 0.5-1 yesterday you’re wrong