Hi all,
I just finished up week 6 of our cycle but am still detecting nitrites at around 1ppm (using salifert test kit. I have no ammonia, or very little, according to salifert ammonia test kit) but my nitrates have risen from 5ppm on August 5th to around 30-35ppm now. Nitrites have remained at around .5-1ppm since August 14th. I dosed Biodigest and microbacter7 for bacteria supplements and was dosing the microbacter 7 every day for the first two weeks and every other day afterwards at the lower concentration. For the food source I dosed both Dr. Tims ammonia and fastart-m. Around week 4 I stopped dosing fastart-m every day and was only using it every few days. Should I continue to dose ammonia / fastart-m or should I perform a water change and just let it sit for a bit longer?
Thank you all in advance.
I just finished up week 6 of our cycle but am still detecting nitrites at around 1ppm (using salifert test kit. I have no ammonia, or very little, according to salifert ammonia test kit) but my nitrates have risen from 5ppm on August 5th to around 30-35ppm now. Nitrites have remained at around .5-1ppm since August 14th. I dosed Biodigest and microbacter7 for bacteria supplements and was dosing the microbacter 7 every day for the first two weeks and every other day afterwards at the lower concentration. For the food source I dosed both Dr. Tims ammonia and fastart-m. Around week 4 I stopped dosing fastart-m every day and was only using it every few days. Should I continue to dose ammonia / fastart-m or should I perform a water change and just let it sit for a bit longer?
Thank you all in advance.