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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lulubap" data-source="post: 10562074" data-attributes="member: 198478"><p>Your nitrates seem sky high so I wouldn't be concerned about nutrients starving. IMO adding more ammonium chloride might set back your cycle as you're adding more ammonia. Ammonia is absorbed by the nitrifying bacteria (microbacter XLM) which is then broken down into nitrates. Ideally, you want 0 nitrites and 0 ammonia, so you want it all to be turned into ntirates. Nitrites may have boosted in the september period due to the ammonia (at least that's what I think). I'd ride it out and do biweekly (twice a weekish) water changes and see how it goes. I wouldn't be dosing ammonia anymore and do maintenance as if the tank were cycled to 1) get the feel of it and 2) keep it consistent. Water changes should ideally be weekly depending on your bioload but twice a week should be alright seeing your nitrates being so high.</p><p></p><p>Cycles would ideally be 3 weeks, but they may be longer. I didn't know what I was doing when I cycled my tank due to a misinformed LFS, so mine took way longer. What matters is getting your tank to where it is. And for that, patience is key. Keep me/us updated on the tank. Best of luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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