vbsaltydog
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I am cycling my 55g with 60lbs of LR and 20lbs of LS. I am in the third day of the cycle. My ammonia rose to 3.0ppm the second day so I did a 20% water change and did a single dose of amquel+ and this brought the ammo down to around 1.5 - 2.0
The third day, today, the ammo was back up to around 2.5 - 3.0 but I'm sure this is from the LR die off as it is Florida Aquacultured and has lots of sponges and small plants. So I did another 20% water change but no amquel+ this time as the water change alone brought the ammo down to 1.5 - 2.0
Then I tested for nitrites and they are at zero but if I have ammonia and LR/LS (bio filter) and the bio filter converts ammo to nitrites then shouldn't I have at least some nitrites?
Thanks for your advise.
The third day, today, the ammo was back up to around 2.5 - 3.0 but I'm sure this is from the LR die off as it is Florida Aquacultured and has lots of sponges and small plants. So I did another 20% water change but no amquel+ this time as the water change alone brought the ammo down to 1.5 - 2.0
Then I tested for nitrites and they are at zero but if I have ammonia and LR/LS (bio filter) and the bio filter converts ammo to nitrites then shouldn't I have at least some nitrites?
Thanks for your advise.