#fish cycle

[singlepetdad]

Another fish tank question

I am still working on cycling my tank at the moment. Tonight's readings were: ammonia - 0-.25ppm, Nitrites - 2ppm, Nitrates: 5-10ppm. I've been reading but don't feel like I understand what the next step would be. Where do I go from here? Should I add more ammonia? I am worried the Nitrites are too high (it's difficult to tell between the colors for 5ppm and 20ppm on my test). Any advice or knowledge would be super helpful!

[500daysofscales]

day #1, cycling my axolotl tank.

I thought i would record my entire cycling experience as I'm going along.. i’m hoping someone out there will find this useful (let’s hope it goes to plan!) or can point me in the right direction if it starts going wrong. I'm doing a fishless cycle

EQUIPMENT: tank, freshwater liquid testing kit, 35% ammonia, exo terra aquatize dechlorinator & exo terra cascade filter

DAY 1: fully cleaned the tank with hot water and no cleaning products. added an aquarium safe sand. added décor from previous tank. added water that had been dechlorinated. i used an ammonia calculator online which calculated the dimensions of my tank and it gave me an amount of ammonia to add (0.24ml) which i dropped into the tank, then took a reading. the first ammonia reading was super dark - 8ppm, which is too much to kickstart the process, so i did 20% water change and it dropped to 5ppm - 6ppm. hoping i’m on the right track with this