stuck cycle

Hello, I added 2 ppm of ammonium chloride and dosed one small bottle of Dr Tim’s nitrifying bacteria at the beginning of this month. This is for an observation/quarantine tank. The tank is bare bottom with pvc for the fish to hide, a heater and HOB filter with sponge and ceramic media. The...

Hi all, so I’m cycling my first saltwater tank which has been going for about 4 weeks now. I dosed with Dr Tim’s ammonia to 2.0ppm and added Microbe-Lift Special Blend which my LFS said would help cycle the tank. One week on ammonia was 0ppm, Nitrites rose to 0.5ppm and Nitrates to 5.0ppm...