14 Days Later

[MyDogIsJealousOfMyFish]

Iset up my 39 gallon aquarium 14days ago. It finished cycling last night. Did my water change this morning so the kids and myself will be on our way to the LFS today after work to pick out our new friends.

 

[keane]

Hi,

Not to sound disbelieving but...14 days is pretty quick for a tank to fully cycle. As far as I can tell from previous posts on here it takes 4 - 6 weeks minimum for a tank to fishless cycle properly.

have you double checked your water readings?

Did you use anything (media from another tank/filter) to speed up the process?

As i say, I don't doubt you but it would be a shame to buy a host of new fish just to see them get ammonia poisoning and die. Would be pretty upsetting for the kids too.

steve B)

 

[canarsie11]

It is entirely possible with mature media.

I have done 75 gallon in 17 days no crashes. That was 10 months ago

 

[MyDogIsJealousOfMyFish]

Double checked everything. I did use Seachem Stability (bacteria additive) during the cycle. I added 20 ml initially and then 10 ml each day during the cycle except for the last 4 days. The stuff worked well.

I didn't have any used gravel, filter, etc available to me. The only other person I knew with a tank had one that was not very healthy.

 

[DarkSide]

Congratulatios, i'm guessing you already have a fish plan set up? What else. Live plants? etc?

 

[dragoon459]

when its set up, post some pics

 

[LoachLover]

Some tanks cycle faster than others.

 

[GSD]

mine took 8weeks to get perfect...

 

[LoachLover]

My 55 gallon took 2 weeks, I couldn't believe how fast that one got done.

 

[The Mohave Kid]

Good Luck with the new tank !!!


I just completed my cycle last night ... with fish 5 weeks ... next time NO FISH .. my pH is 8.0 ... kH about 180 ppm ... gH just above 300 ppm. Interestingly I have a .30 ppm Copper in the tanks since I had to treat foe Ich twice in the cycle ... desoite the copper everything still cycled. Temps 78 - 86 range ... elavated for Ich treatment.

Good Day ... B)

 

[nshockeyplaya]

Consider yourself lucky, im on day 41 and still goin, cant even get my ammonia to get to 0. Its a little ridiculous, maybe its cuz its a big tank i dunno. At first i added a little too much ammonia so that culd be holding me back. Well GL on the new tank

 

[MyDogIsJealousOfMyFish]

The kids and I have been to the LFS and back and now have a stocked tank. All water tests are good and I have oodles of bacteria. Bob the Betta seems quite animated swimming around in a 39 gallon tank after escaping from his plastic cup. They are quite excited to have fish as am I. The last time I had kept fish was 22 years ago when I had a Black Pirahna. The rest of the inhabitants should be listed below in my signature. When I figure out how to do it i will post a few pics.

 

[Invader675]

Wow! 13 fish in one go? I thought that even with fishless cycling you were limited to 1 fish per 10gal per week to keep safe. I think I'm a prude!

 

[FrAnK3333]

You suppose to. 13 fish will spike everything, nitrite etc, and kill most of the fish or leave you with very stressed out fish.

 

[wrs]

14 days isnt bad. I cycled a tank in 1 day. But that was using old things...