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Final update just to say thank you everyone for your advice and to let everyone know my readings are now Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 And have been for 48 hours

Week 5 Ammonia 0.25 Nitrite 0.25 Nitrate 5 We finally have lift off

Week 3. Ammonia 0.5 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 5

Thank you all

All of them. Be a terrible comparison if they were at different times

How do you read the test. So it says against the white background on the chart. Is this directly on it of a few milimetres away because in my eyes they give drastically different results.

Just wanted to update everyone on the progress, it has been 2 weeks since accidently starting a fish in cycle. The fish seem happy they're eating and swimming OK. My most recent test this morning shows Ammonia 0.5 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 20 Source water has shown a consistent Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0...

thanks, hopefully it doesn't feel like a long time as the days pass

I used flakes and the ammonia went to above 0.5 but not quite 1 based on the colour chart and colour of apI liquid test I did. the tap water I use has varying ammonia, at the time of tank filling it was ammonia 0.25 nitrite 0 nitrate 5 I believed cycling was complete when I got the...

50g planted tank OK so following the advice of the local fish store I returned to get some fish, on Tuesday 04/02/20 Water test results 0 NH3 0 NO2 10 NO3 7.6 pH Received 3 keyhole cichlids and added them to the tank 24 hours later levels are 0.5 NH3 0 NO2 10 NO3 7.6pH They have remained...

Thanks, my new favourite word "harmless" worrying about every little thing happening under that water

HI I'm new here. So I've had the tank for about 2 weeks, I'm doing a fishless cycle. And there's some white/cream stuff growing on pretty much everything. I've looked online and can't find it anywhere so if someone here can help that would be great. These are the best photos I could get of...