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I have a 125g with 2 XP4 filters and I just cannot understand this stuff. I test the water every day as things are just so weird. I believe it is the Seachem Purigen but I’m not sure. I attempted to seed my tank with stability and everything seemed fine except I never got any Nitrites nor Nitrates. My ammonia would pop up to .25ppm a few times but water changes & very little prime and it was gone. I was so confused had my tank cycled or not? I called Seachem and posted on this site. Seachem said add some more fish all is well and after I was still freaked out he said pull the Purigen out until you have a full cycle. So I did. My ammonia really never spiked. Mostly .25ppm and a couple time it was less than the .50ppm green but more than the .25ppm. The Nitrite was at it’s highest at a bit over .25ppm but clearly less than the .50ppm on the chart. (That happened twice) My Nitrate really did very little. It went up to just under the 5.0ppm orange. After a 20% water change and a couple days my Nitrites were back to their baby blue zero and my Nitrates a pretty clear 5.0 ppm. Another water change and more Stability. So a clear cycle! (Albeit a small one.)Finally after nearly 3 months! I put my Purgen back in and the next day everything was at zero. Ammonia, Nitrites, and Nitrates. Just like before! Why is there no Nitrates? Ammonia to Nitrites, and Nitrites to Nitrates, and Nitrates need water change to dump right? Now it has been almost a week with no real readings. Sometimes my ammonia seems a tiny green but not even close to the .25ppm on the chart. My dip strips are measuring the same as my master API kit except it never reads any Ammonia.
So can Someone Smart Please Explain this to me? Please……
I’ve only used Seachem Prime and Stability in the water. I have the tray of foam, ceramic rings, some of the goofy stars the XP4 came with, mostly Seachem Matrix, and Seachem Purigen in the one XP4 and the other has a foam tray, some Matrix, Crushed aragonite for buffer in the other XP4.
So can Someone Smart Please Explain this to me? Please……
I’ve only used Seachem Prime and Stability in the water. I have the tray of foam, ceramic rings, some of the goofy stars the XP4 came with, mostly Seachem Matrix, and Seachem Purigen in the one XP4 and the other has a foam tray, some Matrix, Crushed aragonite for buffer in the other XP4.