Alec Williams Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 I have been attempting to cycle a 5 gallon as I have been trying to get back into fish keeping. I used fritz turbo start 700 but after 2 weeks the ammonia was still reading super high and the nitrates were comparatively low (4-8 and 5ppm respectively). I recently dosed again as my nitrates dropped to 0 and after a few hours it’s still not reading any nitrates. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to how I should proceed? Managing water parameters has never been very enjoyable to me and this is only starting to put me off of it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH Morant Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Bacteria-in-a-bottle products don't work. If they worked, nobody would ever cycle a tank any other way. Why would they? If bacteria-in-a-bottle products worked, there would not be hundreds of videos out there on how to cycle tanks without them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Williams Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 While I appreciate the comments. This doesn’t help me in any way. Thank you nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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