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Hey all,
I have a 55gal with gravel. A fake tree stump and some plastic plants, two Whisper 60s, air pump w/ two stones at each side and no fish yet. I am in the initial cycle for just over a week now. When I filled it I used the recommeneded amout of Prime from Seachem to remove chlorine, etc. I went by the LFS person and added a few flakes of fish food to get the ammonia levels up and added the recommended amount of API Stress Zyme+ for my size tank. After 2 days and no ammonia (testing with API Freshwater master kit) I put in ammonia from the store and have the levels to about 5ppm.
Two days ago I added, per the instructions, the second dose of API Stress Zyme+.
My problem is that the ammonia levels are still where they were, no nitrites or nitrates are showing up in the tests yet. Am I just to eager and keep testing or should I have noticed a decrease in ammonia and increase in nitrites and nitrites by now?
Thanks in advance.
I have a 55gal with gravel. A fake tree stump and some plastic plants, two Whisper 60s, air pump w/ two stones at each side and no fish yet. I am in the initial cycle for just over a week now. When I filled it I used the recommeneded amout of Prime from Seachem to remove chlorine, etc. I went by the LFS person and added a few flakes of fish food to get the ammonia levels up and added the recommended amount of API Stress Zyme+ for my size tank. After 2 days and no ammonia (testing with API Freshwater master kit) I put in ammonia from the store and have the levels to about 5ppm.
Two days ago I added, per the instructions, the second dose of API Stress Zyme+.
My problem is that the ammonia levels are still where they were, no nitrites or nitrates are showing up in the tests yet. Am I just to eager and keep testing or should I have noticed a decrease in ammonia and increase in nitrites and nitrites by now?
Thanks in advance.