Fishless cycle in progress but nitrites not going down?

thanks for the advice, the second i get home ill do a water change and hopefully get my ph back up. maybe ill pick up some buffer booster i saw that on the shelves at the LFS
 
maybe ill pick up some buffer booster i saw that on the shelves at the LFS
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I'd stick to baking soda or crushed coral (or any good form of calcium carbonate) There are plenty of threads if you run a search. The LFS buffers are usually either Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda in a fancy box with a higher price tag) or they are phosphate buffers which can be a real problem to use effectively without causing other issues.
Dave
 
what i have been using is Nutrafin Ph stabilizer( KH booster). should i stop using it and just use baking soda????
 
ok, its been 5 weeks now and still have high Nitrites. My pH has been a steady 7.8, I keep adding ammonia every day to bring it to 2-3 ppm. What the heck is taking so darn long :rant:

I'm out of patience!!
 
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