Fishless Cycling Log

[degsod]

Day 23 24 hour test
NH3 1
NO2 0
NO3 0

 

[degsod]

36 hour test
NH3 0
NO2 0
NO3 0

NH3 added

 

[waterdrop]

Think the jury is still out on where you stand following your big water change. You looked to be going along pretty well from the mature media being in there but I wouldn't want to jump to conclusions, so we just have to keep steadily moving along giving it its 24-hour point recharge of ammonia and faithfully recording all the results each 12 hours. It may turn out that you're past the nitrite spike and getting fairly far along in the overall process.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[degsod]

thanks waterdrop, hopefully the nitrites will stay at zero. Here are the latest results, I am out tonight on the town hence 11 hour results

Day24 11 hours after addition of ammonia

NH3 1
NO2 0
NO3 10

 

[degsod]

Day 25 24 hours after addition of ammonia

NH3 0
NO2 0
NO3 10

 

[degsod]

Day 25 (12 hours after addition of Ammonia)

NH3 1
NO2 0
NO3 10

 

[degsod]

Day 26 24 hours after addition of ammonia

NH3 0
NO2 0
NO3 10

 

[degsod]

Day 26 (12 hours after addition of NH3)

NH3 1.0
NO2 0
NO3 10

 

[degsod]

Day 27

NH3 0
NO2 0
NO3 10

 

[waterdrop]

Yeah, closer and closer, eh?

 

[degsod]

Yeah, closer and closer, eh?

Oh, am getting excited now !!!!!

 

[degsod]

Day 27 (12 hours after addition of NH3)

NH3 1.0
NO2 0
NO3 0 (Checked twice)
pH 7.4

Not sure why the nitrate should now drop to 0 after being at 10 for days, I do have plants in the tank and there is a lot of green algae which is probably feeding on the nitrates?

 

[degsod]

Day 28 (24 hours after addition of Ammonia)

NH3 0
NO2 0
NO3 0

 

[waterdrop]

degsod, you had me fooled there thinking you had zero ammonia and 1.0 nitrate at 12 hours and that you had reached your qualifying week, but I had them reversed! but you are still close, just have to keep plugging along...

As always, don't worry much about nitrite(NO3) readings during fishless cycling. The plants will indeed eat some of it sometimes and the test itself will get bounced around by the nitrite(NO2), which is going up and down and which will throw the test off some.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[degsod]

degsod, you had me fooled there thinking you had zero ammonia and 1.0 nitrate at 12 hours and that you had reached your qualifying week, but I had them reversed! but you are still close, just have to keep plugging along...

As always, don't worry much about nitrite(NO3) readings during fishless cycling. The plants will indeed eat some of it sometimes and the test itself will get bounced around by the nitrite(NO2), which is going up and down and which will throw the test off some.

~~waterdrop~~

Ok cool, I will belay the excitement for now lol