So Ive been cycling my tank for 3.5 weeks now. I used a giant jumbo shrimp in my IM Fusion 20 for 3 days.
Ive only measured ammonia and nitrite twice. Once was a week after adding the shrimp, and the other was this morning.
I thought the ammonia cycle would take about 2 weeks, then nitrites rise and fall relatively quickly?
This test result is from a week after starting the cycle.
This is from this morning, 2 weeks later
Should the ammonia be zero by now? I also figured the nitrites would have changed.
I added a bottle of bio-spira on Monday, but it seems to have done nothing for the levels.
Just want to make sure Im still on the right track. The last reef tank Ive had was 12 years ago, and I added a bottle of instant cycle junk and had fish and corals in the next week...this slow cycle is all new to me.
Ive only measured ammonia and nitrite twice. Once was a week after adding the shrimp, and the other was this morning.
I thought the ammonia cycle would take about 2 weeks, then nitrites rise and fall relatively quickly?
This test result is from a week after starting the cycle.
This is from this morning, 2 weeks later
Should the ammonia be zero by now? I also figured the nitrites would have changed.
I added a bottle of bio-spira on Monday, but it seems to have done nothing for the levels.
Just want to make sure Im still on the right track. The last reef tank Ive had was 12 years ago, and I added a bottle of instant cycle junk and had fish and corals in the next week...this slow cycle is all new to me.
