I think my cycle broke....

[Sgooosh]

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[Rocky998]

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I didnt say anything on purpose actually because the text I quoted from me was kinda the reply to your text

 

[Rocky998]

But anyways... I really need some advice on this

 

[itiwhetu]

You all got it wrong you replace the ** with gg. And now I will get told off for carrying on with it.

 

[Colin_T]

You all got it wrong you replace the ** with gg. And now I will get told off for carrying on with it.

Just tell them to bu**er off

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For the OP

Oh pretty colours

Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate immediately. Then do a 75% water change any day you have an ammonia or nitrite reading above 0ppm, or a nitrate reading above 20ppm.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

Reduce feeding to 2-3 times a week until the filter settles down and the ammonia and nitrite remain on 0ppm. Then you can increase feeding.

 

[itiwhetu]

Just tell them to bu**er off

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For the OP

Oh pretty colours

Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate immediately. Then do a 75% water change any day you have an ammonia or nitrite reading above 0ppm, or a nitrate reading above 20ppm.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

Reduce feeding to 2-3 times a week until the filter settles down and the ammonia and nitrite remain on 0ppm. Then you can increase feeding.

Butter off you guys, Kiwis rule

 

[Essjay]

Rocky doesn't have any fish yet, those pretty colours were after he added a dose of ammonia to keep the bacteria fed while he waits to get fish.


@Rocky998 have you done anything to the tank or added anything besides add ammonia?

 

[Rocky998]

Rocky doesn't have any fish yet, those pretty colours were after he added a dose of ammonia to keep the bacteria fed while he waits to get fish.


@Rocky998 have you done anything to the tank or added anything besides add ammonia?

No... But the only other thing new (in the last week) is a damselfly nymph which bit my snail

 

[Slaphppy7]

How long before you add fish? I thought you'd have some for now.

What 24 hours after the last amm dose, and test again.

Some (but not all) reasons a fishless cycle may falter, or fail:

1/ Not using a de-chlorinator
2/ Not reducing the amount of ammonia during the nitrite stage.
3/ Changing your filter media or cleaning the gravel or adding chemicals that you don’t need to add.
4/ Not having the patience to wait for the nitrite levels to drop.
5/ Over-dosing ammonia by starting with too much or adding more than once a day.

 

[Rocky998]

How long before you add fish? I thought you'd have some for now.

What 24 hours after the last amm dose, and test again.

Some (but not all) reasons a fishless cycle may falter, or fail:

1/ Not using a de-chlorinator
2/ Not reducing the amount of ammonia during the nitrite stage.
3/ Changing your filter media or cleaning the gravel or adding chemicals that you don’t need to add.
4/ Not having the patience to wait for the nitrite levels to drop.
5/ Over-dosing ammonia by starting with too much or adding more than once a day.

Well, I had my drivers ed class this week and the pick up time fell into my class times... So I wasn't able too. I wanted to see if the tank could still process 3ppm ammonia in 24 hours and it cant... I've been adding 1ppm every 3 days as instructed.

 

[Slaphppy7]

Check again in 24 hours; 1 PPM every 3 days is a bit much, IMO...your BB colony can survive w/out amm for much longer than that

 

[Essjay]

If for any reason you are unable to stock the tank when it is cycled, you can continue adding ammonia to keep the tank cycled. For this you should add the 1/3 snack amount every 2-3 days.

This is why he has been adding 1 ppm every 3 days.

You need to treat this like the last stage of a cycle - adding 3 ppm then testing in 24 hours until you get to both zeros.

 

[Rocky998]

Check again in 24 hours; 1 PPM every 3 days is a bit much, IMO...your BB colony can survive w/out amm for much longer than that

This is today's results... I added 3ppm of ammonia on Tuesday around 12:45PM and tested on Wednesday around 7:30PM. Those results were the ones I wrote about... Now I'm going to wait for my nitrites to drop to 0 and then add 3ppm again... Basically I'm going to redo the last bit of the cycle

 

[Rocky998]

Whats the best way to get rid of a damselfly? I'm not putting a fish in until that thing gets evicted

 

[Slaphppy7]

This is why he has been adding 1 ppm every 3 days.

You need to treat this like the last stage of a cycle - adding 3 ppm then testing in 24 hours until you get to both zeros.

"adding 3 ppm then testing in 24 hours until you get to both zeros."

I thought the OP had already reached this milestone (?)...maybe I'm mistaken