The main body of this post is a copy of my last topic but with new info and questions
After a lot of pacience and a 95% water change i have finally got my fishless cycle started again.
I think it stalled after 2 weeks due to low ph (started it on November 23rd)the readings were then the same for the next 3 (so i had almost 5 weeks of the exact same readings) weeks Ammonia 4ppm, Nitrite off the scale, Nitrate 20ppm , added a ph up buffer and still nothing.
I performed a 95% water change 4 days ago which took the readings down to Ammonia <o.25ppm, Nitrite 0.25ppm, Nitrate 10ppm, Ph is 7.4 left everything for a day then dosed ammonia back up to just below 4ppm.
3 Days later and Ammonia is 0ppm (tested 3 times because i just couldn't believe it) , Nitrite is off the scale again (assume i'm in my nitrite spike) and Nitrate is 80ppm, ph dropped down to 7, maybe less. Have added a table spoon of bicarb this time instead of ph up and ph is now at 7.8, which i'm much happier with.
Anyhow thats the back story so now the new info and question.
Dosed the tank back up with ammonia to just below 4ppm yesterday evening, 24 hours later the ammonia is at 0 and the nitrite is also at 0 and nitrate is between 80 and 160ppm.
Is it normal for things to happen so fast after a stall? I have double checked all my test results.
dd
After a lot of pacience and a 95% water change i have finally got my fishless cycle started again.
I think it stalled after 2 weeks due to low ph (started it on November 23rd)the readings were then the same for the next 3 (so i had almost 5 weeks of the exact same readings) weeks Ammonia 4ppm, Nitrite off the scale, Nitrate 20ppm , added a ph up buffer and still nothing.
I performed a 95% water change 4 days ago which took the readings down to Ammonia <o.25ppm, Nitrite 0.25ppm, Nitrate 10ppm, Ph is 7.4 left everything for a day then dosed ammonia back up to just below 4ppm.
3 Days later and Ammonia is 0ppm (tested 3 times because i just couldn't believe it) , Nitrite is off the scale again (assume i'm in my nitrite spike) and Nitrate is 80ppm, ph dropped down to 7, maybe less. Have added a table spoon of bicarb this time instead of ph up and ph is now at 7.8, which i'm much happier with.
Anyhow thats the back story so now the new info and question.
Dosed the tank back up with ammonia to just below 4ppm yesterday evening, 24 hours later the ammonia is at 0 and the nitrite is also at 0 and nitrate is between 80 and 160ppm.
Is it normal for things to happen so fast after a stall? I have double checked all my test results.
dd
