Hello everyone! *old dude
I've searched up and down on many message boards and sites alike but can't seem to find my specific problem so I figured I'd ask. I'm a little over a week into cycling my 30 gallon tank (holding about 23 gal), currently housing 6 small black neon tetra. I have multiple (5+) groups of live plants that were transferred from an already cycled tank as well a filter and piece of wood from an already cycled tank. I've been doing my water tests every few days, sometimes just checking ammonia waiting for the proverbial spike.
Yesterday I tested for everything I had kits for (NH3/NH4, Nitrates, and pH). I was still registering 0-0.25 ppm (hadn't changed since a day or so after I began cycling) however my nitrates were up around 10 ppm. I have also begun to notice blackening on the tips of the leaves of my Anubias and Anacharis. pH was fine.
I've read that nitrates are basically the key/end product. Am I cycled? What about nitrites? (LFS didn't have a kit available...)
P.S. Sorry for the short novel just wanted to give proper backstory info. Any help is very much appreciated. *c/p*
I've searched up and down on many message boards and sites alike but can't seem to find my specific problem so I figured I'd ask. I'm a little over a week into cycling my 30 gallon tank (holding about 23 gal), currently housing 6 small black neon tetra. I have multiple (5+) groups of live plants that were transferred from an already cycled tank as well a filter and piece of wood from an already cycled tank. I've been doing my water tests every few days, sometimes just checking ammonia waiting for the proverbial spike.
Yesterday I tested for everything I had kits for (NH3/NH4, Nitrates, and pH). I was still registering 0-0.25 ppm (hadn't changed since a day or so after I began cycling) however my nitrates were up around 10 ppm. I have also begun to notice blackening on the tips of the leaves of my Anubias and Anacharis. pH was fine.
I've read that nitrates are basically the key/end product. Am I cycled? What about nitrites? (LFS didn't have a kit available...)
P.S. Sorry for the short novel just wanted to give proper backstory info. Any help is very much appreciated. *c/p*