LiamFalconer Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I have been cycling biocube 32 for almost 5 weeks now, used dr tims one and only, cycling was progressing ammonia siked and hit 0, nitrite spiked >5 ppm and has been there for 2 weeks. wont go down. What can i do to finish the cycle. so anxious for fish. HELP MEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! ( i have also had diatom bloom, runnning skimmer but still breaking in) Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Are you running your lights? when I cycled my 32 I didn’t use lights cause i was afraid of having algae issues What is your nitrate? Phantom feeding may help you Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Just do a large enough water change to lower ammonia AND nitrite below 5 ppm. When either gets above 5 ppm, the cycle slows down considerably. Then let it become undetectable again. 2 Quote Link to comment
cobra2326 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 This brings back memories, mine took a while to come down but it eventually did. There are bacteria products that some use to speed up the cycle. Quote Link to comment
LiamFalconer Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 so i turned off the lights to reduce algae. nitrate ~40. i have used microbacter7 and dr tim one and only. i am doing a 6 gal water change soon. Quote Link to comment
LiamFalconer Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 so all of a sudden nitrite dropped to ~1ppm used whatever bacteria i use in my freshwater tank, its API still gonna cycle lights off for now doing big water change once its gone so i will be ready for fish Thx for advice! Quote Link to comment
cobra2326 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Just remember, patience is definitely a virtue in reefkeeping. Try to find things that keep you interested without wanting to hurry things along too much. A mature, established biofilter (bacteria in the rocks and sand) takes a while and it's worth the wait, long term. Quote Link to comment
SXReefer Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 6 hours ago, LiamFalconer said: so all of a sudden nitrite dropped to ~1ppm used whatever bacteria i use in my freshwater tank, its API still gonna cycle lights off for now doing big water change once its gone so i will be ready for fish Thx for advice! So what actually caused the nitrite to go down? Additional external bacteria? And/or 6 gallon water change? Quote Link to comment
LiamFalconer Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 so i think is was the added api stress zyme that did it. Havent done the water change yet. Quote Link to comment
LiamFalconer Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 On 4/18/2017 at 7:52 PM, fishfreak0114 said: Quote Link to comment
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