Fishless Cycle

[julsifer]

4 Gallon Tank

Day 1
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Dosage 1ml ammonia
Result 5ppm
Ph 7

Day 2
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Dosage 0
Result 5ppm
Ph 7.9-8

Day 3
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Dosage 0
Result 5ppm
Ph not tested

Day 4
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Dosage 0
Result 5ppm
Ph not tested

Day 5
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Dosage 0
Result 4ppm
Ph 8.3

Day 6
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Dosage 0
Result 3ppm
Ph 8.3

Day 7
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Dosage .5ml
Result 6/7ppm
Ph no tested

Day 8
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Dosage 0
Result 0.5ppm
Ph 8.3

added .5ml ammonia yet to test for result

 

[waterdrop]

Looks good. I like your idea of the "Dosage" entry but then you somewhat confusingly don't use it once you start dosing! Be aware that very small tanks sometimes won't follow the classic "phases" you see referred to here a lot, but maybe yours will!

~~waterdrop~~

 

[julsifer]

Looks good. I like your idea of the "Dosage" entry but then you somewhat confusingly don't use it once you start dosing! Be aware that very small tanks sometimes won't follow the classic "phases" you see referred to here a lot, but maybe yours will!

~~waterdrop~~

oh yeah!!! lol silly me

 

[julsifer]

Day 9
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Dosage 0ml
Result 1ppm
Ph not tested
Nitrite 5ppm
Nitrate 20ppm

 

[julsifer]

Have decided to do 'result' before 'dosage' to save me having to test again after adding ammonia

Day 10
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0ppm
Dosage 1ml
Ph 8.1
Nitrite 4ppm
Nitrate 10ppm

Day 11
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0.25ppm
Dosage 1ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite 5ppm
Nitrate 10ppm

Day 12
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0ppm
Dosage 1ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite 4ppm
Nitrate 10ppm

Day 13
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0ppm
Dosage 1ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite 5ppm
Nitrate not tested

 

[waterdrop]

Was staring at the nice format you present your results in and trying to think of how to, concisely, add the last piece of critical data that you've been leaving out. Its "the number of hours after adding ammonia it was when you took the tests."

I was thinking right next to the "Result 0ppm" type line, you could put "Result 0ppm (24hrs)" for example. I wouldn't put it on the line with "Day" as its kind of nice to see that standing out by itself. (this sort of discussion separates the people who don't care how messy their data is from the those who are mildly compulsive ) You may be able to think of some way to express it even better!

About now you may be asking yourself "wasn't it obvious?" But one of the problems that I (and OM and MW and BTT and all the others who try to check on a lot of cycling cases) have is that there are some people posting results from only every 24 hours while others are posting both their 12 and 24 hour result sets and their are variations in when people are adding their ammonia etc. Whenever we come in and look at the posted data, the very first piece of background info we're wondering in our minds is whether the tests were performed about 12 hours after adding ammonia or at about 24 hours after adding ammonia, as that's critical to drawing the mental graph of the results and getting a handle on where in the process the cycler should be and whether they are likely having problems or not.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[julsifer]

okey kokey

 

[julsifer]

Day 14
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0ppm (22hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite 5ppm
Nitrate not tested

Going to watch Harry Potter tonight

 

[waterdrop]

Oh that's beautiful (the 22 hrs in parenthesis)

Have you heard Jim Dale narrate the potter series on CD? (the ultimate way to experience it in my opinion)

 

[julsifer]

Oh that's beautiful (the 22 hrs in parenthesis)

Have you heard Jim Dale narrate the potter series on CD? (the ultimate way to experience it in my opinion)

i cant say i have nor have i heard of him tbh, saw it last night as to be expected huge qeues (<spelt wrong probably) but wel worth it, was alot funnier than i thought it would be, couldnt get over dumbledor's hand. I love the beginning of each film with that music.

 

[julsifer]

Day 14 (later in the evening)
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 2ppm (8hrs)
Dosage 0ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite not tested
Nitrate not tested

Day 15
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0ppm (31hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite 5ppm
Nitrate not tested

Day 15 (later on)
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0ppm (12hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite 2ppm-5ppm
Nitrate not tested

Day 16
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 2ppm (13hrs)
Dosage 0ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite 2ppm-5ppm
Nitrate not tested

 

[waterdrop]

 

[julsifer]

Day 17
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0.25ppm (12hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite 2ppm-5ppm
Nitrate not tested

Day 18
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result not tested
Dosage 1ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite not tested
Nitrate not tested

Day 19
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0ppm (24hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Result 1ppm-2ppm (12hrs)
Ph not tested
Nitrite 0.5ppm
Nitrate not tested

Day 20
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0ppm (17hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite 0.5ppm
Nitrate not tested

Day 21
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 1ppm (12hrs)
Dosage 0ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite 5ppm
Nitrate not tested

Topped tank up with some more water today, was getting a little lower than i'd like

 

[waterdrop]

At least the nitrite results are wobbling a little, indicating you are still moving along getting near the full end of the nitrite spike phase, seems.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[julsifer]

Day 22
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 2ppm (12hrs)
Dosage 0ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite 0.5ppm-1ppm
Nitrate not tested

Day 23
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 1ppm (24hrs)
Dosage 0ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite 2ppm
Nitrate not tested

Day 24
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 1ppm (27hrs)
Dosage 0ml
Ph 6
Nitrate not tested

I tested the Ph because i thought it was weird the ammonia was still 1ppm and now i think it has stalled because of the ph being at 6, what can i do to bump up my Ph???