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Tested water today and no changes in nitrate. Is it too late in the cycle to use Dr. Tims live nitrifying bacteria and dose ammonium chloride?
For what purpose?
FWIW, nitrifying bacteria are the ones that make nitrate, not the ones that consume it.
You want denitrifying bacteria, which may be in the product too, but the issue is not usually too few bacteria but not enough organic matter for them to use when denitrifying ( organics and nitrate and a low O2 environment are All needed).