gcorona301 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 Im having trouble with my fishless cycle on my tank i put ammonia for over a week and i started to see nitrItes and nitAtes but now my ammonia doesnt seem to go down anymore. I just took a test on my water right now it is Ammonia: 3.0ppm NitrIte: 0ppm NitrAte:40+ KH:3 GH:6.01/ 107.4ppm HeLPPPPPPPP AM I DOING something wrong or am i just losing patience??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoBlue98 Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 How long have you been cycling? Did you seed your tank with media from and already cycled tank? A week isn't near long enough to cycle a tank, let alone create bio film in your tank. I know it is hard to wait, I think it just needs more time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zodiac Posted December 4, 2015 Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 you add ammonia once to get 2-3 ppm and that's it. too much ammonia is bad for the bacteria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeshrimp Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 What kind of ammonia are you using? If it contains surfactants it will drastically lower ph which the bacteria don't like. Sandovalsbco 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandovalsbco Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Dr tims ammonia works great Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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