Kikomii
I have not been able to find an answer for this anywhere, so hopefully someone here can help me.
I've been doing a fishless cycle for my freshwater 30 gallon tank for about a month and I've run into an issue.
For about two weeks I've seen nitrites spike, along with nitrates. The nitrites go back down to .25-0ppm but the ammonia won't go below 1.0.
I think oh okay, the ammonia should go back down now that the nitrites are at 0, but it doesn't. Then the nitrites spike AGAIN, to a dark purple color. Test the nitrites again tomorrow and they've have gone back down to .25, ammonia still at 1.0-2.0.
Here's some stats about my tank if needed
pH lvl: 7
Temp: 72 ish degrees Fahrenheit
What's going on here? Is my testing kit bad? Or is my tank stalled somehow? How do I fix it?
Thank you to anyone who can help me!!
I've been doing a fishless cycle for my freshwater 30 gallon tank for about a month and I've run into an issue.
For about two weeks I've seen nitrites spike, along with nitrates. The nitrites go back down to .25-0ppm but the ammonia won't go below 1.0.
I think oh okay, the ammonia should go back down now that the nitrites are at 0, but it doesn't. Then the nitrites spike AGAIN, to a dark purple color. Test the nitrites again tomorrow and they've have gone back down to .25, ammonia still at 1.0-2.0.
Here's some stats about my tank if needed
pH lvl: 7
Temp: 72 ish degrees Fahrenheit
What's going on here? Is my testing kit bad? Or is my tank stalled somehow? How do I fix it?
Thank you to anyone who can help me!!