I know there is a million and 1 of these posts but this hobby is so situational I figured I would reach out for help.
I’m about 6 weeks in to my “cycle”
I have a brand new Red Sea Reefer 250 G2, dry rock, live sand, Microbacter XLM (whole bottle), and 4 fish in the tank t, roller mat off, skimmer off.
For about 3.5 weeks my ammonia has been .25-.5ppm and nitrite just hit .25ppm about 2 weeks ago. nitrate hovers around 5-10pm and I haven’t done a single water change yet.
I feel like I did something wrong here because the tank just does not want to cycle. The fish are doing fine (eating normally totally healthy acting normal) with the lights off. I feed 2x a day, pellets in the AM and frozen in the PM.
At this point it just seems like the cycle is frozen in some weird stage, especially that no paramaters are changing at all for weeks with 0 mechanical filtration and 0 water changes. (PS I test NH3, NO2, NO3 every day)
I need help and advice here. PLEASE.
I’m about 6 weeks in to my “cycle”
I have a brand new Red Sea Reefer 250 G2, dry rock, live sand, Microbacter XLM (whole bottle), and 4 fish in the tank t, roller mat off, skimmer off.
For about 3.5 weeks my ammonia has been .25-.5ppm and nitrite just hit .25ppm about 2 weeks ago. nitrate hovers around 5-10pm and I haven’t done a single water change yet.
I feel like I did something wrong here because the tank just does not want to cycle. The fish are doing fine (eating normally totally healthy acting normal) with the lights off. I feed 2x a day, pellets in the AM and frozen in the PM.
At this point it just seems like the cycle is frozen in some weird stage, especially that no paramaters are changing at all for weeks with 0 mechanical filtration and 0 water changes. (PS I test NH3, NO2, NO3 every day)
I need help and advice here. PLEASE.