Hey all, put up a nano 20 gallon. I put in dr Tim’s bacteria solution, no first defense, and followed the calendar instructions that are available. Did fine but on the 9th day it didn’t register 0 ammonia and nitrite, it was actually fairly high. I kind of improved from that point just adding ammonia and seeing if it would hit zero in the next 24 hours. I did that once, it eliminated like .8 mg/L so I waited 2 more days and it registered 0.2 mg/L so I added another 2 ppm. Let it rest for like 2 days and it stops at 0.2 mg/L so I’m not necessarily sure if my cycles stalled or I’m going off the rails since I’m around like day 15. Testing are as follows with red seas marine care kit
salinity: (refractometer) 1.026
Ph: 8.0
Alk: this test was weird but I think it registered at a ~7 but I definitely could have done it wrong.
Temp: 79
Nitrite: above 1 ppm for some reason, have zero clue.
Nitrates: didn’t test
pls help
salinity: (refractometer) 1.026
Ph: 8.0
Alk: this test was weird but I think it registered at a ~7 but I definitely could have done it wrong.
Temp: 79
Nitrite: above 1 ppm for some reason, have zero clue.
Nitrates: didn’t test
pls help