Hello,
As everyone knows, I have been setting up my 1200L tank. At the moment I have am the cycling stage. I have 10 goldfish which I overfeed, 1 sump with 6 kg of bio noodles and 1 bag of bio balls with sponge at the top. 2 external filter AquaOne 1200(Cycled for 6 months) and Ehiem pro II(Cycle for 8 months). I have 5 heater together 600w at 26degrees.
It has been 4 week now. My ammonia is 4.0ppm, Nitrite 0.0ppm and Nitrate is 0.0ppm, PH 7.0 last week Monday. I have been using stabilizer for 1 weeks,(really expensive) and so far the ammonia still at 4.0ppm, and nitrate is 0.0ppm? What am I doing wrong, what can I do to improve and get better bacteria growth? I am quite annoyed at the fact that the nitrate is 0.0ppm.
Please help, I really want to get some tropical fish in there soon!
Thanks,