Progress!

AshleyNZ · Apr 29, 2014

After weeks of no movement with my ammonia at 2ppm, and just about giving up hope, I tested the water today, and the ammonia has come back at 0.50 ppm!

I am so excited, because just recently I was told I wouldn't be able to cycle my tank without having a heater.
It seems like this is not the case

I will be hopefully getting a new heater soon.

Progress so far:

Any advice on where to go from here?

TallTree01 · Apr 30, 2014

Yay! Great news Ashley!
P.S - I never said it couldn't be done. I said it would take a while, as I'm sure you've figured out lol.

daizeUK · Apr 30, 2014

It's odd that your nitrites are still showing zero - where did the ammonia go?

EllieJellyEllie · Apr 30, 2014

Yay ash! Now when you get a heater, just slowly raise heat. I wish I saw your face, your false test face was pricesless

daizeUK said:
It's odd that your nitrites are still showing zero - where did the ammonia go?

She has plants. Maybe thats it

daizeUK · Apr 30, 2014

Plants can certainly use ammonia, but they would have done so at a steady rate for the last few weeks, unless Ashley has added a lot of plants just recently. I rather get the impression that this is a sudden drop more characteristic of bacterial action, which should have produced some corresponding nitrite.

noobgamers · Apr 30, 2014

daizeUK said:
Plants can certainly use ammonia, but they would have done so at a steady rate for the last few weeks, unless Ashley has added a lot of plants just recently. I rather get the impression that this is a sudden drop more characteristic of bacterial action, which should have produced some corresponding nitrite.

which the plants can soak up at a surprising rate i know in both of my tanks i dont need to do water changes because my plants take up 99 percent of the nitrates it owuld take about a month for my nitrate to get up to 30ppm

TwoTankAmin · Apr 30, 2014

But plants take up ammonia and nitrate, but not nitrite.

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