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Day 25 nitrites remain high. ) ammonia so I decided to do a 25% water change. I hope It did not mess up the cycle lol I will test tomorrow nd see what kinda reading I am getting
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I don;t know I don't tend to agree because more ammonia will increase nitrites and that's not good for fish. I will wait another week , test everyday and see where we are in a week.
I don;t know I don't tend to agree because more ammonia will increase nitrites and that's not good for fish. I will wait another week , test everyday and see where we are in a week.
I was gonna pull the trigger today and get some fish and the LFS talked me into waiting as the cycle is not complete yet in his opinion.By all means, wait if you have the patience. I just remember the first tank I was trying to cycle, waiting and waiting for the nitrites to drop. Then after reading that article it seems I don't need to wait. And I didn't on the last two tanks I cycled with no ill effects. I am not very experienced but I have been obsessing about the subject for the past several months and have been spending the majority of my free time reading about it so I am relying on other peoples experience as well as my own.
It's not complete until the nitrite drop. That's true. But what most people don't get is that it doesn't need to be done to get some fish in. But like I said, I'm new. I haven't been doing this for years or anything but according to my research and what little experience I do have, nitrites are a waste of time to even think about. Just my 2 cents.I was gonna pull the trigger today and get some fish and the LFS talked me into waiting as the cycle is not complete yet in his opinion.
Sorry to hear man. I did starting Monday I will have insurance that does cover accidental insurance. will cover incase of a leak.Just food for thought. I lived in a downtown loft. I went one night to see a play and got out. Saw I had 20 missed phone calls and messages saying “water gushing into neighbors lofts. I raced him and my 130g system had emptied. I stool at my door not know what to do. Long story short, almost $50,000 in damage inc my loft and neighbors.
The point of the story? Check your insurance.
I think cycle is almost over, if the water was bad I don’t think a small snail and whatever is on the rock would live. My next cycle on my dt I will use ATM colony as I already bought it. I will fritz a try one day.At this point I would just leave it. It wont hurt anything, and probably isnt anything bad anyways.
Just as an FYI, I cycled my 120 about 3 weeks ago. I used Fritz 9. You dump the mix in add a cheap fish, and wait 4 days. It was cycled in that time. Hope you get it figured out soon. These minor set backs become very frustrating when all you want to do is get your tank going.
I think you will be just fine to add some fish.So I got salifert tests kits this morning and tested nitrites and nitrates. Ohhh boy comparing both tests they could not be more off!!! On nitrites salifert showed barely any nitrites between 0-.01 and on api I was getting over 5 ppm. Nitrates were about the same at about 25. At this point I am just don’t know which test is correct. I might just add some fish this weekend.