dude, im a nweb, and even I can see that you have WAY too many chemicals in there.
as mentioned, ammonia removers are going to screw up your cycle as the bacteria have nothing to feed on if the ammonia isnt there.... and once the bacteria have arrived they begin converting the ammonia.
so without ammonia, your cycle wont start.
also, having ammonia removers that are in your actual filter can leech ammo back into the water when they are full..... which might explain why your ammo wouldnt go down.
You should be using prime as well, if not forever, then during the cycle anyway, because it will detoxify ammonia nitrites and nitrates, but the ammonia and nitrites will still be available for cycling.
not only that the stuff lasts forever (5ml per 50g) and is simply an amazing product.
Chemicals = bad, and ive done enough reading here to tell you, that what people are telling you above, is the same thing they tell everyone else with similar problems.
stop using all the chemicals and chemical removers.... there is also a possibility that with the different mix of chemicals you could be creating some other kind of chemical reaction... think of it this way, you can add bleach to water, and you can add vinegar to water, but if you add them both to water you will get a deadly gas.... chemical reactions kill.
mind you, Im just throwing a guess out there, but it would seem likely that you could get a reaction of some kind, based on all the chemicals your using.
well thats my two Canadian cents.... thats like half a cent American
as mentioned, ammonia removers are going to screw up your cycle as the bacteria have nothing to feed on if the ammonia isnt there.... and once the bacteria have arrived they begin converting the ammonia.
so without ammonia, your cycle wont start.
also, having ammonia removers that are in your actual filter can leech ammo back into the water when they are full..... which might explain why your ammo wouldnt go down.
You should be using prime as well, if not forever, then during the cycle anyway, because it will detoxify ammonia nitrites and nitrates, but the ammonia and nitrites will still be available for cycling.
not only that the stuff lasts forever (5ml per 50g) and is simply an amazing product.
Chemicals = bad, and ive done enough reading here to tell you, that what people are telling you above, is the same thing they tell everyone else with similar problems.
stop using all the chemicals and chemical removers.... there is also a possibility that with the different mix of chemicals you could be creating some other kind of chemical reaction... think of it this way, you can add bleach to water, and you can add vinegar to water, but if you add them both to water you will get a deadly gas.... chemical reactions kill.
mind you, Im just throwing a guess out there, but it would seem likely that you could get a reaction of some kind, based on all the chemicals your using.
well thats my two Canadian cents.... thats like half a cent American
