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    Default Fishless cycling

    Hello I am completely new to discus and I am 8 days into a fishless cycle,using dr Tim’s ammonia,and seachem stability.everything seems to be going fine I think. my ammonia has been a constant 2 ppm.my nitrite has just shown today at 0.25ppm and the nitrate is reading 80ppm.do these readings seem ok I,m not too sure. Any feedback appreciated.thanks.

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    Default Re: Fishless cycling

    seems like your cycle is well on its way to finishing. Wait for nitrites to show 0, then do a big water change, fill to 2ppm ammonia again and see if it cycles to nitrates in a day and youre good to go.

    Question though, why are you using stability?
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