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I had an under gravel filter in the old tank so the heavy stuff wasn't in the gravel I used. I took small amounts of gravel and placed it in a strainer while shaking it around under tap water. If I really stir it up I can see some slight amount of cloudiness which dissipates almost immediately...

If there is some old organic material in that gravel that has somehow reactivated is this a good or bad thing as far as cycling the tank?

Tap water seems to be somewhere between 20 and 40 on the Nitrates, kind of hard to be more specific with the chart I have. Could this Ammonia be coming from the old gravel even though it has long since dried out? From what I had read dried out gravel was of no use when cycling a tank. Any...

Hello all. I just set up my 55 gallon tank that had been sitting empty for the last 8 years. I used the old gravel which had long ago dried out. It has been sitting with water and a Diatom running for 3 days. Today I received my new filters and Master test kit. I tested the water and I am...