Recent content by emdgz4

Hi If you guys have read my other posts, you know I'm having a heck of a time cycling my tank. Its been 4 weeks and the ammonia is still the same...it never goes down. I'm following the directions for fishless cycling to a "T" with ammonia, test kits, etc. but it still seems to not work for...

It doens't list ingredients

I *think* I have pure ammonia. Its the grocery store name brand (the cheap stuff, which I figured wouldn't have extras added in). It doesn't have ingredients but it is labeled "Clear Ammonia". It smells like ammonia, no fragrances and it doesn't bubble when I shake it any more than water would...

lol yeah I changed all the water (well except for a bit covering the gravel) I have another question: I moved into my dorm today, but I couldn't bring my heating pad with me and I can't buy another aquarium heater at the moment. So I have nothing warming the bacteria in my cycle. The temp is...

Still nothing........I had the ammonia at about 3 ppm for a while but that didn't work, so I did a water change to have it read just 1 ppm. I tested today and still the ammonia hasn't gone anywhere and there is no nitrites. ugh I changed my filter to a HOB one that was a little bigger than my...

So the ceramic rings will provide enough biological filtration? I only put *a few* in there since there is not much room, which is why I was going to replace the whole thing. But i guess if I do that, i will lose any bacteria (however little) that is already in my filter. I'm going to take the...

I did the 100% water change and added enough ammonia to have it read a little over 4 ppm. Do you think that is still too much? I wonder if my small filter cant handle that much ammonia. I am using a Whisper 3i and all it came with was the biobag, but that seemed more for mechanical filtration...

Hey I'm in the exact same boat as you are. My tank has been "cycling" for nearly 3 weeks but the ammonia isn't goin anywhere and the nitrites/nitrates are nil. I even have seeded gravel in there but so far it hasn't helped:-( I hope yours gets going soon, as well as mine! I hate waiting!

The ammonia bottle doesn't list ingredients, but it says "clear ammonia" and when i shake it it doens't bubble or smell soapy. I will go ahead and do the 100% water change. I cant figure out why my cycle has stalled like this, but I guess it could be from that bacteria-in-a-bottle stuff...

Hi and thanks for the welcome! I've tested my ammonia/nitrite almost twice a day every day these past few weeks (kinda anxious, I guess!) The ammonia never changes and the nitrites never show up. It shows I don't have any nitrates either, although I accidently messed up nitrate testing the...

Hi I'm new here and have a female betta whose tank I'm trying to do a fishless cycle. I am going on my 3rd week of cycling my 3 gallon tank, and so far I STILL don't have any nitrite readings. What gives? I have a stocking full of used gravel in there, a small potted plant, an in-tank whisper...