Started a new 100g tank 7 days back. Used Brightwell's Microbacter XLM and Microbacter Quick Cycl. Ammonia been reading ~1 last 4 days. Nitrite 0.2 and nitrate 2. Are these expected results? When do I know if my cycle is done? Should I be expecting nitrite/nitrates to spike?
When you added the bacteria were the pumps off (all but powerhead)skimmer, UV and filter socks? Do you have a sand bed?
If you added the correct dosage you should have close to zero cycle. I added the same you did along with Dr Tims and added fish asap (which it tells you to do). Iv never had a spike in ammonia.
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