Ok so im at day 21 since I added my first bottle of tetra safe start and some fish. I started doing water changes to control a .50 ppm ammonia level, i vacuumed the gravel and did 20% water changes 3 days in a row and the ammonia level did not change, at day 13 I was told not to do any water changes anymore until the cycle was done. Just deal with the ammonia and let it do its job, so I added more safe start and im trying to ride it out. Since then my fish seem fine now yesterday at day 20 I noticed my ammonia was a high at 1.0ppm, so I did a 20% water change to keep the levels down. I didnt vacuum the gravel just took water off the top like I was told to do for now. My ammonia is still at 1.0 or a little under! I dont get it im 21 days into the cycle and I have seen no nitrites at all in 21 days and all my fish except for one seem fine. I dont wanna loose the fish but I don't know what to do.
50 Gallon tank-Ammonia=1.0 ppm, Nitrite=0 ,Nitrate=5ppm, pH=7.4
My tap water reads no ammonia and a pH of 7.4
and i have 6 fish (my only mistake)
50 Gallon tank-Ammonia=1.0 ppm, Nitrite=0 ,Nitrate=5ppm, pH=7.4
My tap water reads no ammonia and a pH of 7.4
and i have 6 fish (my only mistake)