Hi All!
I recently setup a Waterbox Marine X 110.4 and its the first fresh cycle I'm doing in 10 years. I started cycling the tank with about 1 to 2 ppm of Ammonia on December 20th or 14 days ago and have been taking measurements daily. Ammonia has not gone down at all, its still reading 1 to 2 ppm, and I haven't had a Nitrite or Nitrate reading yet. My question is simply - is it normal for Ammonia to take 14+ days to begin to be consumed by bacteria and produce Nitrites?
Additional information: I'm using the Brightwell Aquatics cycling kit that supplies ammonia and bacteria and have followed the directions correctly so far.
Thanks!
I recently setup a Waterbox Marine X 110.4 and its the first fresh cycle I'm doing in 10 years. I started cycling the tank with about 1 to 2 ppm of Ammonia on December 20th or 14 days ago and have been taking measurements daily. Ammonia has not gone down at all, its still reading 1 to 2 ppm, and I haven't had a Nitrite or Nitrate reading yet. My question is simply - is it normal for Ammonia to take 14+ days to begin to be consumed by bacteria and produce Nitrites?
Additional information: I'm using the Brightwell Aquatics cycling kit that supplies ammonia and bacteria and have followed the directions correctly so far.
Thanks!