New 5 Us Gallon Tank Journal

[QuantumOptician]

Update: I was reading the nitrite test incorrectly, mistaking off the scale for <.25 because it was a light grey/purple. But then as time progressed it turned green! So I did roughly a 95% water change to purge the nitrites. My reasoning for this is due to my dosing and converting 4 ppm of ammonia each day, I can imagine it would have taken a long time to catch up (as most lower their dose of ammonia once the nitrites start forming). So I am using today to see how much nitrite my bacteria can convert in 24 hours. Hopefully it will be a low reading tomorrow afternoon.

 

[QuantumOptician]

Still no noticeable movement on nitrite. Had nitrite present in tank for 27 days. Ammonia took 16 days to process through the first dose. So theoretically nitrite will drop in ~5 days? ::Crosses fingers::

 

[Overload]

Still no noticeable movement on nitrite. Had nitrite present in tank for 27 days. Ammonia took 16 days to process through the first dose. So theoretically nitrite will drop in ~5 days? ::Crosses fingers::

Might be worth doing a full set of tests, has your PH dropped? is ammonia still be processed? how high are you nitrates?

Also what temp is your tank at?

 

[QuantumOptician]

Checked the pH two days ago it was still above 7.6. Checked Nitrate yesterday morning, still 5 ppm. Temperature is ~30 C. Ammonia was still being processed as of a few days ago.

 

[Fishy friend2]

How is the cycle going now?