What should I do next?

**sheamurai** · 08-01-2014, 05:08 PM

ah that makes more sense, now just leave it and test daily to see how fast it drops...no water changes, no tank or filter cleaning.

**kailwidow1116** · 08-03-2014, 03:50 AM

today it was back to all zeros....should I dose it again?

**Slaphppy7** · 08-03-2014, 03:54 AM

Originally Posted by kailwidow1116

The temperature is about 85 degrees.

For the past two weeks the water was testing at about .25 ammonia .0 nitrite and .0 nitrates.

I have been cycling this tank for over three months...

How have you been cycling this tank?

Fishless, as described here? http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ead.php?t=5640

**kailwidow1116** · 08-03-2014, 04:26 AM

Originally Posted by Slaphppy7

How have you been cycling this tank?

Fishless, as described here? http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ead.php?t=5640

i got the instructions from a site called "The (almost) complete guide to fishless cycling" I started by adding pure ammonia i had a bubble wand and some filter media from an established tank. The water stayed at 4ppm for 2 months because it never went down I never added ammonia . it just recently started to change after I changed the heater to one with a temperature gauge and stopped adding conditioner to the water. two days ago i added ammonia and in 24 hours I had 4ppm ammonia 5ppm nitrite and 10 nitrate today it is back to all zeros....

**Slaphppy7** · 08-03-2014, 04:40 AM

What is your water source, tap water?

What water conditioner do you use? (again)?

**Slaphppy7** · 08-03-2014, 04:50 AM

Originally Posted by kailwidow1116

i got the instructions from a site called "The (almost) complete guide to fishless cycling"

Here's a "complete" guide to fishless cycling, if I were you, I'd start over: http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ead.php?t=5640

**kailwidow1116** · 08-03-2014, 04:55 AM

it is tap water and i used stress coat.

**cm12setx** · 08-03-2014, 05:21 AM

Originally Posted by kailwidow1116

today it was back to all zeros....should I dose it again?

I think so with enough ammiona to being you up to 1 ppm. In moring retest and do again about 7 pm or so. To see change after 24 hrs. Then let us know what happened.

**Fishhook** · 08-04-2014, 02:45 AM

I'm going to just toss out there what Slap suggested to me when I was at all Zeros and thought I was stalled.

I miss read the directions for how long and how hard to shake the NitrAtes bottle then shaking it even more after mixing it with the tank water. I shook that *&*(&!# thing till my arm was sore and finally got my Nitrate reading. The tank was cycled and had been for no telling how long ;-)
just food for thought