Heheh ok, here's a new one on yah. I got my 77gal tank on friday and set it up, seeded it with some gravel and water from my established 10gal tank and set the temp to 80 degree's to begin my fishless cycle. Saturday I went out and bought some Ammonia Hydroxide and proceeded to add a little to the tank to help it along. (note: I'd checked Ammonia and Nitrite levels before doing this and both were 0) Well lucky me as I was perched up on the chair adding the ammonia, my cat decided he needed to have a look as well and tried to jump up beside me, bumping into me and causing me to dump a whole @#$%load of Ammonia into the tank. I bout the regular bottle you buy from most grocery stores, not sure how many ml it was, I'll check when I get home, but I dumped in about a quarter of it. Result...my Ammonia level is off the scale! And with the increased heat, my tank smells of a really pungent box of used cat litter.
I tested for Nitrite this morning and its still 0 which doesn't suprise me, its only been 3days, however, my ammonia is still off the scale of my test kit, and doesn't show any sign of dropping. How quickly should the ammonia level drop? Is it possible to stop the cycle by adding way to much ammonia?
When I did my water of my 10gal on sunday, I removed an equal amount from my new 77gal and dumped the changed water from my 10, into my 77 to help it along some more. That seemed to dilute the ammonia level down a tad, but not much.
My question I guess is should I give this about 3-4 more days and see if the ammonia levels start to drop? Or should I do like a 50% water change to try and dilute some of that ammonia?
I tested for Nitrite this morning and its still 0 which doesn't suprise me, its only been 3days, however, my ammonia is still off the scale of my test kit, and doesn't show any sign of dropping. How quickly should the ammonia level drop? Is it possible to stop the cycle by adding way to much ammonia?
When I did my water of my 10gal on sunday, I removed an equal amount from my new 77gal and dumped the changed water from my 10, into my 77 to help it along some more. That seemed to dilute the ammonia level down a tad, but not much.
My question I guess is should I give this about 3-4 more days and see if the ammonia levels start to drop? Or should I do like a 50% water change to try and dilute some of that ammonia?
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