pH level for fishless cycle in new 55gal tank
- Thread starter Wenty
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since its fishless it should'nt matter. ammonia does become more toxic to fish if the pH is higher, but like i said...
get your levels to 5ppm. then wait a week till they show sign of decrease. keep adding ammonia to keep 5 ppm up until youre adding a small amount of ammonia daily and youre still getting a reading of 0. then start testing nitrites. all the while add amonia daily. once nitrites drop to 0 WHILE youre adding ammonia daily, then do a big water change and stop adding ammonia. add some hardy fish next.
get your levels to 5ppm. then wait a week till they show sign of decrease. keep adding ammonia to keep 5 ppm up until youre adding a small amount of ammonia daily and youre still getting a reading of 0. then start testing nitrites. all the while add amonia daily. once nitrites drop to 0 WHILE youre adding ammonia daily, then do a big water change and stop adding ammonia. add some hardy fish next.
Your doing a fishless cycle so do not even think about pH until after the cycle has completed, it doesn't matter plus the cycle process itself will muck with pH readings. Your tank won't be stable until after the cycle.
pH asside, I would say the reason your in week 3 with no nitrites is because your ammonia levels aren't high enough, do what Newman said, get them up to 5ppm, that should kick off the process.
pH asside, I would say the reason your in week 3 with no nitrites is because your ammonia levels aren't high enough, do what Newman said, get them up to 5ppm, that should kick off the process.
