mattyluke
Member
Hello there,
I posted in another topic about how I messed up my cycling and learned a lot and received excellent, appreciated feedback thanks to your kindness.
My Ammonia shot up through the roof to about 5.0, about 11 days ago due to various reasons. This was about 5-6 weeks after I started the tank. When I started it, I was testing every day and seen the ammonia go slightly up, then down and the nitrites go up slightly then down. Then all of a sudden my Ammonia skyrockted. Since this was discovered, I have been doing a 10% water change (20 gal. tank) every single day mixing it in with a 25% change here and there along with feeding very, very conservatively. The ammonia is now around 2.5 and I'll continue with the water changes until it hits 0%. The Nitrite however, has remained at a constant 0.
My questions is, how do I know if my tank has truely cycled and when I finally get the Ammonia to 0%, will it be safe to add a couple more fish? Right now I have 2 Zebra's, 4 Neons, a Cory Catfish and Snail. Oh, also should I be vaccuming the gravel signifigantly during every water change?
Thank you in advance!
Matt
I posted in another topic about how I messed up my cycling and learned a lot and received excellent, appreciated feedback thanks to your kindness.
My Ammonia shot up through the roof to about 5.0, about 11 days ago due to various reasons. This was about 5-6 weeks after I started the tank. When I started it, I was testing every day and seen the ammonia go slightly up, then down and the nitrites go up slightly then down. Then all of a sudden my Ammonia skyrockted. Since this was discovered, I have been doing a 10% water change (20 gal. tank) every single day mixing it in with a 25% change here and there along with feeding very, very conservatively. The ammonia is now around 2.5 and I'll continue with the water changes until it hits 0%. The Nitrite however, has remained at a constant 0.
My questions is, how do I know if my tank has truely cycled and when I finally get the Ammonia to 0%, will it be safe to add a couple more fish? Right now I have 2 Zebra's, 4 Neons, a Cory Catfish and Snail. Oh, also should I be vaccuming the gravel signifigantly during every water change?
Thank you in advance!
Matt