No Nitrite Improvement in Cycle

[Minh Chi Nguyen]

Hi,

I currently have a 10g nano with 7lbs of dryrock, barebottom, and a marinepure plate on the back. I have been dosing ammonia from Dr.Tim's and used BioSpira starter bact. After the 1st week, it takes roughly 2 days for 2ppm ammonia to reach 0ppm nitrite. It is now the 3rd week and it still takes 2 days to reach 0ppm. Should I change anything or just let it run its course? This is my 1st tank so I'm getting a little bit impatient. I would much appreciate any input. Thank you!

 

[RIreefGuy]

Welcome to R2R! A couple things I would try would be to see if u could grab a small piece of live rock from your lfs (even if u dont want to leave it in permanently it would help seed what u have) and/or grab a bottle of another brand of starter bacteria. Are u running any other filtration?

 

[Tiger Brown]

Welcome to the forums!!! I agree with RI reef Guy, I put another dose of bacteria in a bottle in my tank when cycling it at about your point. In any event it cannot hurt. Also seeding your tank as suggested above is another good idea, although I never did.

Above all else, Stay the Course! Patience is most definitely a virtue in this hobby! Trust me, you will be so glad you did it the right way from the start (and so will your fish). Good luck.

 

[RIreefGuy]

Above all else, Stay the Course! Patience is most definitely a virtue in this hobby! Trust me, you will be so glad you did it the right way from the start (and so will your fish). Good luck.

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This is the absolute best advice around and by far the hardest to listen to. You can do it! :D

 

[Minh Chi Nguyen]

I'm going to try another bottle from Seachem. Thanks for the inputs!

As for other filtration, I will be getting a chaeto reactor once the tank is cycled.