ashmor604
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So I've had my two lotls in my 20 gallon long tank for a few days short of 4 weeks and I can't seem to get the tank to cycle. My parameters are:
ph = 7.6
ammonia = approx. 1.0 ppm
nitrites = 0.0 ppm
nitrates = 0.0 ppm
The ammonia has fluctuated from .5 to 1.5 over the past five days but I still haven't seen a spike in nitrites and I test daily with an API master test kit. I also recently got a live Java Nana plant (figured it couldn't hurt) and have had two moss balls in there. I clean their poop out religiously and have recently changed them from blood worms to earth worms. Both lotls seem happy and healthy.
What am I doing wrong?? I've researched this so much online and still can't seem to figure out why it's not cycling. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Edit: I also do a 10-20% daily water change with 24 hour old de-chlorinated tap water of the same temperature (67F)
ph = 7.6
ammonia = approx. 1.0 ppm
nitrites = 0.0 ppm
nitrates = 0.0 ppm
The ammonia has fluctuated from .5 to 1.5 over the past five days but I still haven't seen a spike in nitrites and I test daily with an API master test kit. I also recently got a live Java Nana plant (figured it couldn't hurt) and have had two moss balls in there. I clean their poop out religiously and have recently changed them from blood worms to earth worms. Both lotls seem happy and healthy.
What am I doing wrong?? I've researched this so much online and still can't seem to figure out why it's not cycling. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Edit: I also do a 10-20% daily water change with 24 hour old de-chlorinated tap water of the same temperature (67F)