Cycling

[Travis91]

I'm on day 23 of cycle ammonia is at .25 ppm nitrite 1ppm and nitrates are high. At what point do the nitrites drop to 0? My tank eats ammonia very fast I can dose to 2ppm and it's gone overnight. But my nitrites hang around the 1ppm mark. Any suggestions?

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

At this stage, as long as your reading ammonia your going to have a bit of nitrite. I would stop dosing ammonia, and wait. After you read 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite, do about a 25% WC and then you're ready to add your first livestock

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

It sounds as though you have your bacteria population established well. I'd start with about 1/3 of your total CUC, and depending on tank size, maybe a couple hardy fish

 

[Travis91]

Ok I will stop dosing and let it drop hopefully the nitrites will drop with out further addition of ammonia. Thanks!!!