Fishless cycle help

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  1. jesmontb

    jesmontb Flamingo Tongue

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    So I'm doing a fishless cycle using pure ammonia, I'm having some issues with nitrites, I'm on the second dose of ammonia, the first came with issues however.
    I dosed ammonia to 4 ppm and waited and my nitrites spiked to 5 ppm which I know is bad now and so i did a water change to lower so it wouldn't stall up, so this time when I added ammonia I did less so that I wouldn't have the same issue, I only added about 2.5-3 ppm ammonia but after 2 days.. now the nitrites have spiked back to 5 ppm again! :/ should i wait out and see if stalls or not? Or should I water change and make it go down right now? Please help I'm not wanting even longer of a cycle than necessary
     
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  3. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    I would do a water change, add some MB7 or Dr.Tims (beneficial bacteria) and wait it out.

    How many days has the tank been cycling?
     
  4. jesmontb

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    I added dr tims at the start, it has been 3 weeks, the nitrites were stalked the first dose for about a week before I knew it would stall when that high
     
  5. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Well if that is the case I would post a thread in the Dr.Tim section(found within the forum types) .

    I know nothing about the viability of the products once the cycle has stalled.

    Perhaps add a few pieces quality cured rock after you get the nitrite level back down again.
     
  6. jesmontb

    jesmontb Flamingo Tongue

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    I just posted in there so hopefully will get some help
     
  7. ReefBruh

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    What size is your tank? There might be a possibility that you used to much ammonia. Did you add it all at once or daily?
     
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  9. jesmontb

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    50 gallon, added 5 ml of 10% ammonia solution, no haven't added daily, did once 3 weeks ago and now recently 2 days ago
     
  10. ReefBruh

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    Check your nitrite test kit. It should have cycled now. Maybe do like Coralline said and add some MB7 to aid in the cycle.