Cycle results after 1 week

Avinitlarge · Jul 30, 2005

Nitrate - 40

Nitrite - 0

pH - 7.6

Ammonia - 0

Should it be like this after a week??

Karah's_Mommy · Jul 30, 2005

Are you doing a fish or fishless cycle ?

Avinitlarge · Jul 30, 2005

[quote name='Karah's_Mommy' date='Jul 31 2005, 01:00 AM']Are you doing a fish or fishless cycle ?

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Fishless

Karah's_Mommy · Jul 30, 2005

Post what you've done up to this point ....... have you taken any other readings before these? Did you use media from another tank?

Avinitlarge · Jul 30, 2005

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Everything died in this tank, The gravel, filter etc were cleaned, boiled, I used 60ml of myxazin, The filter was left in a bucket of salt water for a week. Basically Ive started from scratch.

Karah's_Mommy · Jul 30, 2005

What ammonia source are you using ? How much have you added ? I think you need to continue adding your ammonia until you see a spike in nitrites. From your readings, I'm pretty sure you haven't yet.

Avinitlarge · Jul 30, 2005

[quote name='Karah's_Mommy' date='Jul 31 2005, 01:45 AM']What ammonia source are you using ? How much have you added ? I think you need to continue adding your ammonia until you see a spike in nitrites. From your readings, I'm pretty sure you haven't yet.

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All that has been put in is tap water with de-chlorinator. Its also got about 40 plants in

Karah's_Mommy · Jul 30, 2005

You need to add ammonia. Here's a really good post/article about fishless cycling. Read it over and post any more questions. I'd be glad to help all I can.

http

/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=73365

Avinitlarge · Jul 31, 2005

I forgot to say, I added 1 litre of water from my other tank, I also sqeezed the filter pads in the water too

seffieuk · Jul 31, 2005

hi

if u have a friend with a tank, ask them for some of the lovely gunk from the bottom of the filter (full of lovely bacteria) or better still some of their filter media. when i cycled my tank i used a piece of cod to 'feed' my tank :sick:

, put in lots of plants, gunk from a friend's tank and the tank cycled within two weeks.

all the best

Avinitlarge · Jul 31, 2005

seffieuk said:
hi

if u have a friend with a tank, ask them for some of the lovely gunk from the bottom of the filter (full of lovely bacteria) or better still some of their filter media. when i cycled my tank i used a piece of cod to 'feed' my tank , put in lots of plants, gunk from a friend's tank and the tank cycled within two weeks.

all the best

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