Bethk's Cycle Diary - 30Ltr Tank

[BethK]

I thought I would start a cycle diary on here. I am a little late on this, better late than never

This is my fishless cycle, the pH is exactly the same as non-treated tap water, 8.


21st April

Temp - 20c
Ammonia - 0.25
pH - 8

22nd April

Temp - 24c
Ammonia - 0.25
pH - 8

23rd April

Temp - 20c
Ammonia - 0.25
pH - 8
Nitrate - 0.20
Nitrite - 0

24th April

Temp - 25c
Ammonia - 0
pH - 8
Nitrate - 0.20
Nitrite - 0

25th April

Temp - 26c
Ammonia - 0
pH - 8
Nitrate - 0.20
Nitrite - 0

26th April - no longer a fishless cycle, fish added

Temp - 26c
Ammonia - 0
pH - 8
Nitrate - 0.20
Nitrite - 0

27th April

Temp - 26c
Ammonia - 0
pH - 8
Nitrate - 0.20
Nitrite - 0

28th April

Temp - 26c
Ammonia - 0
pH - 8
Nitrate - 0.20
Nitrite - 0

 

[gbailey141]

Good luck with your cycling. Keep us posted on what you will eventually put in there.

 

[BethK]

Good luck with your cycling. Keep us posted on what you will eventually put in there.

Thanks x

My 30ltr will have my current fish;

5 x black tetra
1 x betta VT male
1 x BN pleco - baby

I'm on a learning curve at the moment but hope to get a bigger tank in due course x

 

[PDSimon]

to aid the fishless cycle in your tank it's recommended that you put the temperature up to 29 degrees C

 

[BethK]

to aid the fishless cycle in your tank it's recommended that you put the temperature up to 29 degrees C

Thanks x

 

[BethK]

Kinda thinking it might be better to move my fish over to the 30ltr?

 

[PDSimon]

Kinda thinking it might be better to move my fish over to the 30ltr?

I take it you've been adding ammonia for that fishless cycle (even though It doesn't say you've added some it's just coming up on the tests?)

If so I may have read something waterdrop wrote about it not being the best idea to put fish half way through a cycle but i'm a newb so it's best to ask an expert.

Your temperature is still low, the bacteria have optimnal growth at 29C i believe.

 

[BethK]

My 18ltr has fish in it for the last 3 - 4 weeks, I am not sure about putting it up to 29c, is that too warm for them?

The 30;tr's heater was only added yesterday, so I am waiting for the water to even out.

I've been adding cycle and deconditioner to the water but nothing else

 

[PDSimon]

My 18ltr has fish in it for the last 3 - 4 weeks, I am not sure about putting it up to 29c, is that too warm for them?

The 30;tr's heater was only added yesterday, so I am waiting for the water to even out.

I've been adding cycle and deconditioner to the water but nothing else

No I was referring to the fishless cycle should be 29, not the fish in one!

 

[BethK]

Ah ok

The temp is evening out in the fishless one, reckon by tomorrow it be an even 28, well I hope so lol

 

[PDSimon]

Ah ok

The temp is evening out in the fishless one, reckon by tomorrow it be an even 28, well I hope so lol

Noob question but how do you have ammonia in your tank if you've only been adding deconditioner and cycle stuff? I'm currently fishless cycling and I havn't bothered with the cycle, but i have ammonia in my tank cos i've been adding it

 

[BethK]

It's a 2nd hand tank, was in use for 8 - 9 months prior to me using it.

 

[PDSimon]

It's a 2nd hand tank, was in use for 8 - 9 months prior to me using it.

I assumed if you had done a full water change there would be no ammonia in there?

I'm not sure

 

[BethK]

Dunno how this really works but I started the process 3 days ago with the substrate sand in there.

 

[waterdrop]

Are we guessing that the previously used substrate had a lot of ammonia in it? (would be the case if not cleaned a lot.)

I'm going to make a suggestion you can take or leave.. it might help if you had the time and inclination this weekend to start a new fishless cycling thread for the 30L and move that data over to that thread, leaving this thread as the 18L fish-in cycle thread. My past experience is that dual tank threads get to be a communications nightmare in forum threads. Also, even though its uglier, a horizontal format for each set of test results works out better for fast scanning of multiple days later on as the log gets longer. Its just a suggestion and you can go either way, no big deal.

~~waterdrop~~