Tim's JBJ 45 Rimless Build

[Timothy Davis]

Day 10 Tank looks great, no algae.
PH- 8.2
Ammonia- 0ppm
Nitrite- 5ppm crazy, still no drop. Normal?
Nitrate- 40ppm
Added more ammonia

 

[Timothy Davis]

Day 11 Tank looks great, no algae.
PH- 8.2
Ammonia- .50ppm
Nitrite- 5ppm
Nitrate- 160ppm
Added more ammonia

 

[Timothy Davis]

Day 12 Tank looks great, no algae.
PH- 8.2
Ammonia- 0ppm!
Nitrite- 0ppm! It dropped!!
Nitrate- 160ppm

 

[Timothy Davis]

Day 13 Tank looks great, no algae.
PH- 8.2
Ammonia- 0ppm!
Nitrite- 0ppm!
Nitrate- 160ppm
Went ahead and added more ammonia, see what happened in 24 hours. Also started short light cycles. 3 hours per day.

 

[Timothy Davis]

Day 14 Tank looks great, no algae still
PH- 8.2
Ammonia- 0ppm!
Nitrite- 0ppm!
Nitrate- 160ppm
Clearly past the nitrite spike phase, gonna continue to do short light cycles and have nitrates cycle out.

 

[CL_]

Following. I also got my start thanks to CJ!

Wow noob mistake here - new to Tapatalk and just noticed this thread is almost a year old. Sorry folks!

 

[dlaird76]

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