My 20 gallon tank has been cycling for 2 months and a half now, and somehow for 2 months ammonia was always there (1 ppm constant), i used a prawn and fish flakes for the first weeks and stopped because ammonia wasn't going away. only 2 weeks ago all the ammonia suddenly dropped to 0 and nitrites and nitrates were stupid high (100ppm, 500ppm). I immediately did a big water change to bring the nitrite levels down to 5ppm. now those levels haven't moved a bit. I added small pinches of fish food for 4 days and i never tested any ammonia.
i don't have an RODI system so i'm using tetra aquasafe.
other params:
Gh: 8°d
Kh: 20°d
ph: 8
Temp: 68f (i broke my thermometer, waiting for it to be shipped)
salinity: 1.021 (read that low salinity helped with bacterial growth)
thanks for the advice in advance!
i don't have an RODI system so i'm using tetra aquasafe.
other params:
Gh: 8°d
Kh: 20°d
ph: 8
Temp: 68f (i broke my thermometer, waiting for it to be shipped)
salinity: 1.021 (read that low salinity helped with bacterial growth)
thanks for the advice in advance!