WTH Happened Over Weekend

[watercrawl]

So I came in to work this morning and ran my tests and I now have zero ammonia, zero nitrites, and basically zero nitrates.

 

WTH Happened?

 

Here is my test log:

 

Day / Ammonia / Nitrites / Nitrates

 

1 0.5 ppm / 0 ppm / Not tested

2 3.0 ppm Not tested

3 Sat

4 Sun

5 2.0 ppm (Added) / 0.50 ppm / 20 ppm

6 4 ppm / 4 ppm / 40 ppm

7 3 ppm / 4 ppm / 20 ppm

8 3 ppm / 5 ppm / 30 ppm

9 1 ppm / 5 ppm / 40 ppm

10 No Test No Test No Test

11 No Test No Test No Test

12 0 ppm / 0 ppm / 0 to 5 ppm

 

Day 9 was last Friday. The Ammonia was going down, so I added a few drops of ammonia but nothing was added over the weekend.

 

Did I stall the cycle? If not, why is the nitrates so low?

[brandon429]

What was the origin of the rock

 

Was it already cycled from lfs or was it dry rock you cycled

[watercrawl]

It was dry rock and live sand.

[watercrawl]

Anyone??

[eddiecorrea]

Keep feeding the tank with fish food and let it turn to ammonia. It will help build up the bacteria.

[watercrawl]

Thanks! Like your avatar pic.....my DD is a 2011 WRX.

[aquatect]

I'm not sure I understand....your tank was cycling and the ammonia started coming down so...you added more?

 

Why?

[watercrawl]

I believe nearly every article I read said to keep dosing ammonia until the nitrites spiked and the ammonia went from (articles varied, but...) 4ppm to 0ppm in 24 hours.