So, I've been writing down 0ppm (parts per million) for my Ammonia levels, but in actuality, it's been a bit higher than 0, but not much and definitely not 0.25 which is the next color on the reference sheet. Well, I got a little bored and decided to add some fish food to help boost the ammonia levels.
Well guess what! This morning I woke up to some diatom blooms which is a typical part of the whole cycle process. I re-measured my ammonia, nitrite and nitrate and we've made some progress! Ammonia tested a perfect 0 this time (opposite of what was expected when adding in some fish food to rot...) and Nitrite tested 2ppm which was definitely at 0 the day before. I should have taken some pics of the test results. Oh well, maybe next time. Nitrates are still at 0, so we're still toxic for livestock, but I'm stoked that we've moved on to the second phase of the Nitrogen Cycle.
Here's some close-ups of the algae that has bloomed. I've turned off the lights to limit the algae growth.
I also added a GFCI outlet to the whole setup for safety purposes... after a slight mishap, that I won't go into. Either way, make sure you do this in your own setup!
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