On day 21 of Cycling a Freshwater 90 gallon for a future Axolotl.
Started with Dr.Tims ammonium chloride, Fritz Turbo Start, and prime.
During week #2 we were running out of Dr.Tims and couldn't wait for amazon to ship more so we ended up getting the Ace Hardware pure ammonia and use a conversion calculator to dose.
I started by dosing the dr.tims daily keeping it at 4ppm.
We have had several days of the ammonia going to 0 in 24 hours. 4 days I kept topping it to 4ppm, but the last 3 days I've only been dosing to 2ppm. Every morning they are at 0.
However, the nitrites don't seem to budge? I'm assuming they're going up, and down because the ammonia is processing but the color hasn't changed. My nitrates are also pretty high.
Ph is at 8.2 and has stayed pretty consistent.
How do I get the nitrites to start dropping as well? Is a water change worth anything in the cycling case or will that just prolong things?
Have i messed up by cutting the ammonia down to 2ppm instead of the 4ppm suggested for axolotl cycling?
*sirpoopsalotl is our future axolotl*
Started with Dr.Tims ammonium chloride, Fritz Turbo Start, and prime.
During week #2 we were running out of Dr.Tims and couldn't wait for amazon to ship more so we ended up getting the Ace Hardware pure ammonia and use a conversion calculator to dose.
I started by dosing the dr.tims daily keeping it at 4ppm.
We have had several days of the ammonia going to 0 in 24 hours. 4 days I kept topping it to 4ppm, but the last 3 days I've only been dosing to 2ppm. Every morning they are at 0.
However, the nitrites don't seem to budge? I'm assuming they're going up, and down because the ammonia is processing but the color hasn't changed. My nitrates are also pretty high.
Ph is at 8.2 and has stayed pretty consistent.
How do I get the nitrites to start dropping as well? Is a water change worth anything in the cycling case or will that just prolong things?
Have i messed up by cutting the ammonia down to 2ppm instead of the 4ppm suggested for axolotl cycling?
*sirpoopsalotl is our future axolotl*