Hello,
Hope you are all doing well. I've been lurking here for a while but have never posted.
I started cycling my tank (fishless) about 3 weeks ago. I also added some bottled bac and a full jumbo shrimp that has pretty much dissolved in the tank. Based on my tests my ammonia peaked at around 3 PPM and is now back down to 0.5. My nitrites however are off the chart. Buddy at my LFS told me I needed to add another shrimp as the ammonia did not go high enough. I'm confused as what to do since I'm getting mixed info. Do I add another shrimp? or do I just let the tank be for another couple of weeks.
The tank does not get a lot of light so not sure if algae will be an issue. Will the bacteria colonization get hindered since the jumbo shrimp is now fully gone?
Thank you
Hope you are all doing well. I've been lurking here for a while but have never posted.
I started cycling my tank (fishless) about 3 weeks ago. I also added some bottled bac and a full jumbo shrimp that has pretty much dissolved in the tank. Based on my tests my ammonia peaked at around 3 PPM and is now back down to 0.5. My nitrites however are off the chart. Buddy at my LFS told me I needed to add another shrimp as the ammonia did not go high enough. I'm confused as what to do since I'm getting mixed info. Do I add another shrimp? or do I just let the tank be for another couple of weeks.
The tank does not get a lot of light so not sure if algae will be an issue. Will the bacteria colonization get hindered since the jumbo shrimp is now fully gone?
Thank you