Hi,
I have been endeavoring to fishless cycle my 10-gallon fish tank filter. I have the water set to 82 degrees, expert janitorial quality smelling salts and my channel going. I likewise bought an ace test unit. I began on January fifth (31 days back). I am including 4 drops of alkali daily simultaneously. My testing shows that my smelling salts is high I despite everything still can't seem to perceive any nitrites whatsoever. I just re-read the guide and I figure my issue might be that I have included more than 4 ppm smelling salts. Any musings or counsel? I connected pics of my tank, smelling salts container and test outcomes.
Much obliged!
Let's see if there could be possible problems to your fishless cycling.
First,
I am not familiar with the product "expert janitorial quality smelling salt". Could you please confirm the product has nothing but ammonia? If there is anything else in there, the cycle might not even start. So double-check the ingredients first.
Second,
It is true that too high concentration of ammonia can interfere with the fishless cycling. They can become toxic to even the bacteria feed on them. So make sure the ammonia s no more than 3~4ppm.
