Fishless cycling with ammonia query

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Shivjindal
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Hi Folks

I'm currently cycling a 125l tank with ammonia using the method detailed on this forum. Im just over two weeks in and the tank is now processing 2ppm of ammonia in about 24 hrs (back to 0) and the nitrite and nitrate are off the scale as expected. Just wondering, do I keep dripping the ammonia in now or just leave it until the nitrite goes back to zero? Also, if I did a large water change now will this speed up the process or again, should I just leave it. Ive been putting filter start bacteria in a couple of times in the last few days to hopefully speed it up!

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You need to keep feeding ammonia otherwise you just go back to the start.
A water change is fine, just remember to top up the ammonia again afterwards.
It generally takes 10 days for the nitrite munchers to catch up and then it’ll happen overnight.
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What she said ;)
Just top up ammonia when it hit 0ppm and it will all eventually catch up and you’ll have zeros across the board (more or less) :)
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Ace, thanks folks!
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A big water change will probably speed up the process, since very high nitrite and/or nitrate slows it down. You can change as much as you like. Then redose ammonia...
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black ghost wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 15:07 pm A big water change will probably speed up the process, since very high nitrite and/or nitrate slows it down. You can change as much as you like. Then redose ammonia...
Great, many thanks for your response, keen to get some fish in! :H
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