Hello community,
I am at day 7 of cycling my 30g Nano, used Dr Tim one and only and ammonium chloride, dosed twice. Nitrites and ammonia are at zero, Nitrates up at 25 ppm.
I have dry rocks and live sand (tested the sand for two days before adding ammonium and nitrates always at zero).
Now 2 questions:
- should I perform a water change (25%) immediately? I consider the cycle done due to the nitrate spike.
- does the ammonium chloride really cause such a spike? Dosed correctly, ammonia never went higher than 1.5 ppm
Thanks
I am at day 7 of cycling my 30g Nano, used Dr Tim one and only and ammonium chloride, dosed twice. Nitrites and ammonia are at zero, Nitrates up at 25 ppm.
I have dry rocks and live sand (tested the sand for two days before adding ammonium and nitrates always at zero).
Now 2 questions:
- should I perform a water change (25%) immediately? I consider the cycle done due to the nitrate spike.
- does the ammonium chloride really cause such a spike? Dosed correctly, ammonia never went higher than 1.5 ppm
Thanks