Cycle Diary

[CeeJayy]

Jewel Delta 80 - No substrate or decs atm. Temp: 27/28 degrees.

Day 1 - 7th May 09.
8PM - 5.5ml of Ammonia added
Ammonia - 5ppm.

 

[fatheadminnow]

Nice!

I would raise the temp a little higher to 29C, as this temp is optimal for bacteria growth!

Other wise, looking good and looking forward to seeing how this all works out for ya!

-FHM

 

[CeeJayy]

Yeah, found that out about 7pm so i turned the heater up, temp hasnt gone up just yet but it IS rising, it was at 26C !

 

[CeeJayy]

Day 2 - 8th May 09
8PM
Ammonia: 5ppm

 

[CeeJayy]

Day 3 - 9th May 2009.
8PM
Ammonia: >4ppm

Toys r us play sand added today.

 

[fatheadminnow]

Looks like you made a little progress!

-FHM

 

[CeeJayy]

Day 4: 10th May 2009
8PM
Ammonia: >4ppm

 

[CeeJayy]

11th May Day 5:
Ammonia >4ppm

12th May Day 6
Ammonia 4ppm

13th May Day 7:
Ammonia 4 ppm

14th May Day 8:
Ammonia 4 ppm

15th May Day 9:
Ammonia 4ppm

16th May Day 10:
Ammonia 1ppm! YAY! - Added 3ml ammonia
Nitrite 2 ppm

 

[CeeJayy]

17th May Day 11
Ammonia 0ppm! WOO - Added 3ml Ammonia.
Nitrite 2ppm

Im kind of unsure what to do with nitrite, can anyone help?

 

[CeeJayy]

18th May Day 12
Ammonia: 0ppm - 3ml ammonia added
Nitrite: 5ppm

 

[CeeJayy]

19th May Day 13
8AM. (12hrs)
Ammonia: 0.25

 

[martinking]

So you have a 110L tank and your adding 3ml ammonia to get to 5ppm?

What concentration of ammonia do you have?

 

[CeeJayy]

I dont think ive ever said im taking it up to 5ppm. It says in the fishless cycling thread to take it to 3/4ppm.

 

[martinking]

The fishless cycle information all say add enough to raise it to 4 to 5 ppm, so I obviously just wrongly presumed.

I have a 90L and im adding 4.6ml Ammonia to bring the level up to 5ppm. But the reason I asked because I incorrectly calculated it without using the Aquarium Calculator at the top of the page.

Cheers

 

[waterdrop]

Yes, that's correct, later in the article it says to raise to 4-5ppm at the end of the fishless cycling. Its ideal to -end- the fishless cycling process being up at 5ppm and dropping to double-zeros within 10-12 hours as the signal to start your "qualifying week." Its a judgement call deciding which nice dark green slightly above 4ppm is what you would call 5ppm if you're looking at the API results. The significant thing is just that it matches or exceeds that 4ppm color on the chart nicely and that you've watched it repeatedly accomplish the 12 hour drops day after day that last week. It -has- to be a nice robust set of colonies if it can do that and it'll be the kind of colonies that can respond quickly to fish stocking additions.

In the first phase of fishless cycling, prior to the "nitrite spike," its fine to just raise it to 3 or 4ppm. Its only at the end that the 5ppm matters for the robustness.

~~waterdrop~~