Ok.. brand new 36 gallon.
Started cycling 2 weeks ago today. Dosed ammonia to 5 ppm... Ammonia stayed at this level for a little over a week then it finally dropped. I checked the water conditions yesterday and they were:
Ammonia -- 0 ppm
Nitrite -- 2 ppm
Nitrate -- 20 ppm
So I redosed the ammonia to 3 ppm and retested today and the conditions are:
Ammonia -- 2 ppm
Nitrite -- 0 ppm
Nitrate -- 40 ppm
So is that really enough nitrate (40 ppm) this early in the cycle to be fully cycled??
Never got a huge spike in nitrites.. I am just kinda lost now as to where I am in my cycling process...
Sorry for making another thread about this... :wall:
Thank you so much for yalls help!
Started cycling 2 weeks ago today. Dosed ammonia to 5 ppm... Ammonia stayed at this level for a little over a week then it finally dropped. I checked the water conditions yesterday and they were:
Ammonia -- 0 ppm
Nitrite -- 2 ppm
Nitrate -- 20 ppm
So I redosed the ammonia to 3 ppm and retested today and the conditions are:
Ammonia -- 2 ppm
Nitrite -- 0 ppm
Nitrate -- 40 ppm
So is that really enough nitrate (40 ppm) this early in the cycle to be fully cycled??
Never got a huge spike in nitrites.. I am just kinda lost now as to where I am in my cycling process...
Sorry for making another thread about this... :wall:
Thank you so much for yalls help!