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Posted on: 4/1/2012 18:35 |
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Hello,
I'm on the 5th day of the cycle and although the ammonia level has or seems to drop, its been only very slight. I've tested for nitrites but still nothing showing. Is this normal? as I was expecting the ammonia levels to drop more |
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Best Regards Rob 5 Cherry Barbs, 1 Steel Blue Killifish, 1 pair of apistogrammers and 2 Bolivian Rams |
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Posted on: 4/1/2012 19:08 |
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Hi Rob
This is quite usual. As I learned, you have to be patient! Peter. |
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Posted on: 4/1/2012 19:23 |
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Well that's ok then! Just didn't want it to take even longer should. For some reason I expected big ammonia changes instead of .1 ppm that I'm sometimes getting.
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Posted on: 4/1/2012 19:47 |
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It's very early days yet, but the fact tht you're seeing some drop in ammonia shows you have the beginnings of a bacterial colony
 The amount of ammonia used up over 24 hours will gradually increase, and once you get to about 1ppm drop in a day you sill start to see some nitrite. |
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Posted on: 9/1/2012 11:40 |
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Ok so I've now been cycling since a week last Friday, I'm not really seeing any change in the ammonia levels, I think I wad just seeing the colour wrong initially.
Is this normal or should I be seeing nitirites by now? |
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Best Regards Rob 5 Cherry Barbs, 1 Steel Blue Killifish, 1 pair of apistogrammers and 2 Bolivian Rams |
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