renerivera
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I have a tank cycling which has me scratching my head. My water straight out of the tap comes in at 0.5 ppm. I was having ammonia so high the tube actually looked blue, so I couldn't read with Api Master test kit. After several large water changes, I was able to get it down to 4.0 then got it down to between 2.0 and 4.0 where it has remained for several days. I'm using prime and Fluval cycle. It's a 5.5 gallon tank, but I have a sponge filter and two HOB filters rated for ten gallons on it.I just ran tests a few minutes ago after a 10 % water change. Ph= 7.2, ammonia= 2.0, nitrites 0.0 and nitrates at 20. I've never gotten a nitrite reading.Water is very clear, and the two small Buenos aires tetras seem fine. What's going on? Why no nitrite readings? I've been testing every day.Oh, by the way, I've been feeding a very small amount every other day.