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I'm on day 32 of a fishless cycle. My nitrites have yet to drop and my ammonia has not seemed to get below 0.25 ppm. I've been wondering about the ammonia reading so I decided to test my tap water and got a reading of 0.5 ppm. I also tested some conditioned water (Prime and baking soda added) that had been sitting in a bucket for a few days. It also gave me a reading of 0.5 ppm.
Toronto water is treated with chlorine and chloramine.
I'm assuming the reading from the straight tap water is the result of the water being chloraminated and that the conditioned water is a false positive reading from the Prime combined with the chloramine.
Are the above reasonable assumptions and do I need to be doing anything else with the water to protect the fish once the tank is cycled?
Toronto water is treated with chlorine and chloramine.
I'm assuming the reading from the straight tap water is the result of the water being chloraminated and that the conditioned water is a false positive reading from the Prime combined with the chloramine.
Are the above reasonable assumptions and do I need to be doing anything else with the water to protect the fish once the tank is cycled?