Hi folks!
There is another recent similar thread about this, but I didn't want to hijack that one.
I am cycling my aquarium using the ammonia method.
My ammonia is @ 0.50 ppm; Nitrite @ 0.50 ppm; Nitrate @ 40 ppm.
I also have live rock, live sand and dosed bottle bacteria.
Per algone.com, it says that when ammonia and nitrite are at similar levels, to keep adding ammonia (less amount) until ammonia and nitrite are at 0.
Now, that seems kinda counterintuitive to me. Why would I want to add more ammonia when it is already @ 0.50ppm? I would think that I should add ammonia when it reaches 0, but before I add fish, in order to keep the cycle going.
So should I continue to add ammonia now, or should I wait until the ammonia and nitrite are 0, and then add more, wait 24 hours to see if both go to 0, and then safely add fish (after water change to reduce Nitrates)?
There is another recent similar thread about this, but I didn't want to hijack that one.
I am cycling my aquarium using the ammonia method.
My ammonia is @ 0.50 ppm; Nitrite @ 0.50 ppm; Nitrate @ 40 ppm.
I also have live rock, live sand and dosed bottle bacteria.
Per algone.com, it says that when ammonia and nitrite are at similar levels, to keep adding ammonia (less amount) until ammonia and nitrite are at 0.
Now, that seems kinda counterintuitive to me. Why would I want to add more ammonia when it is already @ 0.50ppm? I would think that I should add ammonia when it reaches 0, but before I add fish, in order to keep the cycle going.
So should I continue to add ammonia now, or should I wait until the ammonia and nitrite are 0, and then add more, wait 24 hours to see if both go to 0, and then safely add fish (after water change to reduce Nitrates)?