I have a 50gal SA tank that is heavily stocked. I took a little of the media to seed a second fluval canister that I purchased recently along with a 40gal tank. I'm currently doing a fishless cycle using pure ammonia. Tests via api and nutrafin liquid test kits.
The cycle has been running for 11 days but as yet both test kits read 0ppm for nitrite. I'm dosing ammonia to 4ppm and the resulting nitrate reading is over 20ppm. My Nitrate reading from the tap is 0ppm. But still no sign of nitrite.
Did I seed the filter with more nitrite eating backs than ammonia eating bacs? Or is there something else I'm missing?
The cycle has been running for 11 days but as yet both test kits read 0ppm for nitrite. I'm dosing ammonia to 4ppm and the resulting nitrate reading is over 20ppm. My Nitrate reading from the tap is 0ppm. But still no sign of nitrite.
Did I seed the filter with more nitrite eating backs than ammonia eating bacs? Or is there something else I'm missing?