Hello reefers,
I need some help in regards to cycling my 26 gallon nano aquarium.
I started a fish-less cycle with bottled bacteria and ammonia chloride 40 days ago. Im also using caribsea live sand, life rocks, dry rocks and live rocks from lfs.
In the past 7 days:
Ammonia: 2 ppm - 0 ppm in 24 hrs
Nitrite: 1 ppm - 0 ppm in 48 hrs
Nitrate: 20 ppm - 5 ppm in 48 hrs
I’ve been dosing ammonia chloride after the 48 hr mark with the same nitrite results for the past 7 days.
Should i continue what I’ve been doing and be patient? Or is it safe to add 2 clownfish? Also… is it normal for nitrate to drop so fast?
Im anticipating a large water change once the cycle is complete. But is this necessary when nitrates stays low?
![IMG_7748.jpeg IMG_7748.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3426/3426225-0264d258d42b81e432ddcc004933935f.jpg)
I need some help in regards to cycling my 26 gallon nano aquarium.
I started a fish-less cycle with bottled bacteria and ammonia chloride 40 days ago. Im also using caribsea live sand, life rocks, dry rocks and live rocks from lfs.
In the past 7 days:
Ammonia: 2 ppm - 0 ppm in 24 hrs
Nitrite: 1 ppm - 0 ppm in 48 hrs
Nitrate: 20 ppm - 5 ppm in 48 hrs
I’ve been dosing ammonia chloride after the 48 hr mark with the same nitrite results for the past 7 days.
Should i continue what I’ve been doing and be patient? Or is it safe to add 2 clownfish? Also… is it normal for nitrate to drop so fast?
Im anticipating a large water change once the cycle is complete. But is this necessary when nitrates stays low?
![IMG_7748.jpeg IMG_7748.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3426/3426225-0264d258d42b81e432ddcc004933935f.jpg)