New tank cycling

[partsrep]

I'm fishless cycling a new tank. It's been going for several weeks now and tonight my readings are:
Ammonia: 1.0 ppm (it's always 0 in the morning)
Nitrite: 2.0 ppm
Nitrate: over 160

I'm using an Aqua Pharm freshwater master test kit

Can anybody tell me where I'm at with this cycle?

 

[Jonathan6190]

What exactly is in your tank and what size? Your ammonia is high and your nitrates are extremely high. You should put maybe a goldfish in your tank by itself or try putting a used dirty filter cartrige in your tank. That should speed up the cycle a lot. I used my friends filter pad and I had my tank running with fish in a week. If you do this your ammonia should be a 0,nitrate 40 or under and nitrite at 0.

 

[partsrep]

10g no fish. I actually started with a fish cycle and the poor fish became casualties of my errors. I then con tinued with fishless cycling. I've been adding pure ammonia every morning. Like I said before the ammonia always reads 0 in the morning. I've been adding more because I believed that the nitites needed it to grow and colonize.

 

[loucas6290]

i believe that the nitrites should recede and then ammonia and nitrite should read 0 and only nitrate should be reading which i believe ends the cycle, so i guess you are almost there, trust me i am in the exact place you are exept with a 40g hex and my dad is the impatient one istead of me, wierd

 

[partsrep]

I've found the key to patience is have other tanks already running. I've got 2 tanks running and am setting up 2 more.