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Enthusiastic "Re-Beginner"
Update: , Well, my A-bacs didn't like only getting to eat from a small bucket of soup apparently and decided to recede back in numbers. I tested after 11 hours and they were only able to drop 4ppm of ammonia down to 2ppm or so, so I'll have to give them time to build back up. NO2 was at zero, so I'm hopeful the N-bacs persisted as a large population.
I also have a second theory that its possible the greater load of decaying plant material (fair number of plant parts and roots not looking extremely healthy after all the shocks) is slowly contributing extra ammonia on top of the straight stuff I'm adding from my bottle.
Wondering if I should consider a very minor "swish-out" of my filter sponges in tank water (even though doing that is usually supposed to just slow a fishless cycle.) What does anyone think?
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I also have a second theory that its possible the greater load of decaying plant material (fair number of plant parts and roots not looking extremely healthy after all the shocks) is slowly contributing extra ammonia on top of the straight stuff I'm adding from my bottle.
Wondering if I should consider a very minor "swish-out" of my filter sponges in tank water (even though doing that is usually supposed to just slow a fishless cycle.) What does anyone think?
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