Good day to all,
I am currently fishless cycling a brand new tank and I am not entirely sure if I am doing this right.
I added all the gravel substrate, decorations, filter, airstones, heater, thermometer (set to 82 degrees), water, and dechlorinator (as per instructions on bottle). I added some of Dr. Tim's Ammonia drops to the water to reach 4ppm, waited a day or two and then added the FritzZyme 7 Nitrifying Bacteria (also dosing as per instructions on the bottle). All of this was a bit over three weeks ago. Also, I have not turned on the light to avoid algae growh.
I've been testing the water using the API kit and my readings stay the same to this day:
PH: 7.2
Ammonia: 4ppm
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates 0
Starting about a week and half ago, the water has started to become cloudy, which I understand is most likely a bacterial bloom and should go away on it's own. But I am not understanding why I am not even seeing any Nitrites after three weeks and after dosing ammonia and live nitrifying bacteria.
I had a 10 gallon tank about 10 years ago and it cycled (fishless as well) with no problem in about a month by just adding a little fish food and nothing else.
Any help and info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I am currently fishless cycling a brand new tank and I am not entirely sure if I am doing this right.
I added all the gravel substrate, decorations, filter, airstones, heater, thermometer (set to 82 degrees), water, and dechlorinator (as per instructions on bottle). I added some of Dr. Tim's Ammonia drops to the water to reach 4ppm, waited a day or two and then added the FritzZyme 7 Nitrifying Bacteria (also dosing as per instructions on the bottle). All of this was a bit over three weeks ago. Also, I have not turned on the light to avoid algae growh.
I've been testing the water using the API kit and my readings stay the same to this day:
PH: 7.2
Ammonia: 4ppm
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates 0
Starting about a week and half ago, the water has started to become cloudy, which I understand is most likely a bacterial bloom and should go away on it's own. But I am not understanding why I am not even seeing any Nitrites after three weeks and after dosing ammonia and live nitrifying bacteria.
I had a 10 gallon tank about 10 years ago and it cycled (fishless as well) with no problem in about a month by just adding a little fish food and nothing else.
Any help and info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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