Hello everyone,
My tank does not appear to be cycling.
I have a 20 gallon with 20 lbs of carib sea life rock, 20 pounds of carib sea live sand. I am running an aquaclear 30 with a stone and bio rings in. I added one bottle of dr. Tim's one and only then added the ammonium chloride. I followed the instructions but it was not working. I did a 30% water change and added another bottle of bacteria.
My parameters are:
Temp: 79 F
Ammonia: 3 ppm
Nitrites: 5 ppm
Nitrates: 40 ppm
Salinity: 1.024
Should I give up on this one and start over?
PS: once this gets going would you add fish then coals or vice versa?
My tank does not appear to be cycling.
I have a 20 gallon with 20 lbs of carib sea life rock, 20 pounds of carib sea live sand. I am running an aquaclear 30 with a stone and bio rings in. I added one bottle of dr. Tim's one and only then added the ammonium chloride. I followed the instructions but it was not working. I did a 30% water change and added another bottle of bacteria.
My parameters are:
Temp: 79 F
Ammonia: 3 ppm
Nitrites: 5 ppm
Nitrates: 40 ppm
Salinity: 1.024
Should I give up on this one and start over?
PS: once this gets going would you add fish then coals or vice versa?