Please with high ammonia

[BetaBonkers]

fresh water

ammonia is at around 2ppm

nitrate is 5 ppm

nitrites is 0ppm

water temp 26c 78f

 

ive recently done a 60% water change (gravel clean), it is a 9L tank, live plants in the tank that have been growing, white rocks in the hang on the filter and been trying to cycle this tank for 6 weeks now and cant get it need all the help please also have been using alot of seachem and tbh ive smashed it with stability and used some primer to see if that would help so far nothing thanks for any help 🙂

[M. Tournesol]

Do you have fish in your 9L (2.3 gallon)?

If you have a big ammonia problem you can temporarily bandage it with an ammoniacal binder like "Seachem Amguard".

Edited September 4, 2021 by M. Tournesol

[seabass]

The plants should help; but I'd add some bottled nitrifying bacteria for freshwater too.

 

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[DevilDuck]

Can you summarize what you've done so far? At 6 weeks into the cycle you should start seeing ammonia drop.