I'm a newbie, 36 bow front, Fluval 204. Attempting Fishless cycling. No seed material so I used about 3/4 cup of strained 12 hr old septo-bac in about 3 gals of dechlorinated water. The fluval has nothing but two foam vertical, Pre-filter ceramic on the bottom and biomax in the middle and top baskets. Small foam at very top.
So I misread or misunderstood the ammonia addition requirements. Instead of adding daily, I only did this:
Started with enough to get to 5 ppm, 3 or 4 days, level down to 2. Stayed at two for a couple days, so I added about 3/4 original amount ammonia to get back to 5. Couple days, back to two. Been stuck there for a week. NO nitrItes at all, using two different test kits.
Question/Ideas??
Have I killed/starved most of the septo-bac dudes?
Do I need to start over? Or do I run up the ammonia to 5 and then start adding the original amount every day from there?
