Nitrite / Nitrate / ammonia levels are high
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Nothing. A new tank cycle takes approximately 6 weeks to establish.
The presence of nitrate, the end product of the cycle, indicates you have nitrosomas & nitrobactors present, just not in large enough numbers to consume the available ammonia & nitrite as yet.
Are you doing a fishless cycle or are there fish in the tank already?
The presence of nitrate, the end product of the cycle, indicates you have nitrosomas & nitrobactors present, just not in large enough numbers to consume the available ammonia & nitrite as yet.
Are you doing a fishless cycle or are there fish in the tank already?
How big is your tank?
You can dose seachem prime to detoxify the ammonia but it only binds for 48hrs so you need to repeat every 2 days until the ammonia reads 0
Nitrite is highly toxic. Adding salt at 1tbsp/5gal will prevent nitrite poisoning.
You can dose seachem prime to detoxify the ammonia but it only binds for 48hrs so you need to repeat every 2 days until the ammonia reads 0
Nitrite is highly toxic. Adding salt at 1tbsp/5gal will prevent nitrite poisoning.