week 2 of 10 gallon cycling

almost there! need to have 000

Close, but no cigar. The first two should be zero, the third reading should be higher than zero unless you have nitrate remover in your filter or a lot of plants

 

almost there! need to have 000

You'll want to do a couple of large water changes to get that nitrite down below 1. Once you see the ammonia and nitrite at 0 consistently for 2-3 days straight without the need for a water change, you're cycled.



Unless you are heavily planted and/or lightly stocked, you should expect to see >0 nitrates.

Close, but no cigar. The first two should be zero, the third reading should be higher than zero unless you have nitrate remover in your filter or a lot of plants

thank you!

Based on my research, ive read that 40 nitrate and below is safe? is this true? and some said 20 and above is bad. So which one is true?

 

40 is ok but keeping them at 20 or below is better.

 

Yep. 20 and below is better.

 

40 is ok but keeping them at 20 or below is better.

Yep. 20 and below is better.

update: 000

suprised that nitrite went down less than a week I will
test the water for 3 days straight just to make sure though.