I'm back again with another question.....
I've been cycling my tank now for around 4 weeks, I think i'm in my final stage. My nitrite spike happened around 7 days ago and is currently taking around 18 hours to drop to 0ppm. My nitrates have been off the chart since the spike. So i'm just waiting patiently for it to get to 12 hours. What I need to know is whether the cycle process damages plants? I bought 4 plants just before I started my cycle and one of them is more or less dead. It has brown marks all over it and gone really thin at the edges. I'm not too worried as I will replace these once it is all complete, they were a last minute buy as the shop didn't have any nice ones in at the time. Just need to know if this is normal?
I've been cycling my tank now for around 4 weeks, I think i'm in my final stage. My nitrite spike happened around 7 days ago and is currently taking around 18 hours to drop to 0ppm. My nitrates have been off the chart since the spike. So i'm just waiting patiently for it to get to 12 hours. What I need to know is whether the cycle process damages plants? I bought 4 plants just before I started my cycle and one of them is more or less dead. It has brown marks all over it and gone really thin at the edges. I'm not too worried as I will replace these once it is all complete, they were a last minute buy as the shop didn't have any nice ones in at the time. Just need to know if this is normal?