Hi All, my tank is a few months old. I completed my cycle in the beginning.. Seen ammonia spike then drop to 0. Seen Nitrite spike then drop to 0. Nitrate was at 5-10. Did a 30% water change on a 65g and then continued to do weekly water changes at 20%. Fast forward to now, I haven't done a water change in a little over a week. Tested my Ammonia, Nitrite & Nitrate last night and came up with no Nitrate. Does this mean I'm not fully cycled? Im assuming maybe I went a little too crazy with the water changes and the filter floss replacements? Maybe skimmer and refugium early on didn't help either? I have about 8 fish in the tank, no new additions. What would you guys recommend I do?
My idea was to let the tank run natural with 0 water changes and see if it cycles again, meanwhile dosing SeaChem prime to keep the livestock healthy? My only concern is does SeaChem Prime interfere with cycling since it blocks the beneficial bacteria from consuming the ammonia source? Im STRESSED! Hoping I can resolve this with 0 stress on the fish.
Ammonia - 0.2
Nitrite - 0.25
Nitrate - 0
(Red Sea Test Kit)
Any help is much appreciated thank you so much!
My idea was to let the tank run natural with 0 water changes and see if it cycles again, meanwhile dosing SeaChem prime to keep the livestock healthy? My only concern is does SeaChem Prime interfere with cycling since it blocks the beneficial bacteria from consuming the ammonia source? Im STRESSED! Hoping I can resolve this with 0 stress on the fish.
Ammonia - 0.2
Nitrite - 0.25
Nitrate - 0
(Red Sea Test Kit)
Any help is much appreciated thank you so much!