Fishless Cycle

[OldMan47]

It looks like its time for a big water change and then dose up the ammonia to normal levels. The pH has stopped your progress and it is time to pull it back up with a nice big water change, in a 4 gallon tank that is not much water at all.

 

[sjolliff]

You need to do i water change as at 6.0PH it will stall the cycle!

 

[julsifer]

thanks guys

 

[sjolliff]

No probs, you should be well on your way then

 

[waterdrop]

Let us know how it went after the water change

~~waterdrop~~

 

[julsifer]

Day 25 water change day
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Dosage 1ml
Result 4 (9hrs 30mins)
Ph 7.6<
Nitrite 0.25ppm
Nitrate 10ppm

Day 26
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 3ppm (11hrs)
Dosage 0ml
Ph 7.6
Nitrite 4ppm
Nitrate not tested

Yay all is fine now! thanks everyone

 

[OldMan47]

That looks much better than the stall you had Julsifer. Glad it is working out for you.

 

[julsifer]

Day 27
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0.25ppm (12hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Result 0ppm (12hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite not tested
Nitrate not tested

Day 28
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0ppm (12hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Result 0ppm (12hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite high (hit the bottom of tube purple, shook to 5ppm)
Nitrate not tested

Day 29
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0ppm (12hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Result 0ppm (12hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite Same
Nitrate not tested

Day 30
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0ppm (12hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite Same
Nitrate not tested

 

[julsifer]

Day 31
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result not tested
Dosage 1ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite not tested
Nitrate not tested

Day 32
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result not tested
Dosage 1ml
Ph not tested
Nitrite not tested
Nitrate not tested

 

[julsifer]

Day 33
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 2 (12hrs)
Dosage 0ml
Ph 6
Nitrite 2
Nitrate not tested

Water Change

Day 34
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0 (12hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Result 0 (12hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Ph 7.6<
Nitrite 2 then 0.5
Nitrate not tested

 

[OldMan47]

Good thinking on the water change, it has your pH back to a respectable value.

 

[julsifer]

Day 35
Temp 27 celcius/80 farenheit
Result 0 (12hrs)
Dosage 1ml
Ph 7.6<
Nitrite 0
Nitrate not tested

lol big fat zero, oh yeah!!!

 

[OldMan47]

It is starting to look like you are close to being done Julsifer.

 

[Geese37]

what fish is going in there??

 

[julsifer]

what fish is going in there??

i was going to have it as a quarantine tank, any thoughts? my friend is trying to fob me off with his "boring" mollys.