Is It Cycled Help And Can I Di This

[boabmac63]

I had my tank for about 3 months now i was a noob and didnt know anything about them i added my fish sum have died most have survived indun daily water changes and 3 months on my ammonia and nitrite is 0 as is my nitrate so is it cycled i always thot it wasnt if it is i want to change to sand can i do this and put fish in bucket will it effect my levels or will it be ok

 

[boabmac63]

I had my tank for about 3 months now i was a noob and didnt know anything about them i added my fish sum have died most have survived indun daily water changes and 3 months on my ammonia and nitrite is 0 as is my nitrate so is it cycled i always thot it wasnt if it is i want to change to sand can i do this and put fish in bucket will it effect my levels or will it be ok

Anybudy

 

[BETTY BOO]

I had my tank for about 3 months now i was a noob and didnt know anything about them i added my fish sum have died most have survived indun daily water changes and 3 months on my ammonia and nitrite is 0 as is my nitrate so is it cycled i always thot it wasnt if it is i want to change to sand can i do this and put fish in bucket will it effect my levels or will it be ok

your nitrate should not be 0?? it should be very high.

 

[boabmac63]

I had my tank for about 3 months now i was a noob and didnt know anything about them i added my fish sum have died most have survived indun daily water changes and 3 months on my ammonia and nitrite is 0 as is my nitrate so is it cycled i always thot it wasnt if it is i want to change to sand can i do this and put fish in bucket will it effect my levels or will it be ok

your nitrate should not be 0?? it should be very high.

Just checked ther and again its at 0

I had my tank for about 3 months now i was a noob and didnt know anything about them i added my fish sum have died most have survived indun daily water changes and 3 months on my ammonia and nitrite is 0 as is my nitrate so is it cycled i always thot it wasnt if it is i want to change to sand can i do this and put fish in bucket will it effect my levels or will it be ok

your nitrate should not be 0?? it should be very high.

Just checked ther and again its at 0

Note i do waterchanges every 2days cos i thot it was still cycling

 

[BETTY BOO]

thats strange.as nitrate is an end result of the cycle.what test kit are you using?

 

[boabmac63]

thats strange.as nitrate is an end result of the cycle.what test kit are you using?

I ise api liquid test kit i do water changes every 2days because i thought it was still cycling

 

[boabmac63]

So is it cycled and can i add sand

 

[FishFanatic04]

If you are cycled, you should have some reading on the nitrate test, even a low one would be better then 0. Try banging the bottle #2 of the Nitrate test against a table a few times and shake it good....then do the test...

 

[boabmac63]

If you are cycled, you should have some reading on the nitrate test, even a low one would be better then 0. Try banging the bottle #2 of the Nitrate test against a table a few times and shake it good....then do the test...

Awe cheers i took ure advice it is showing at about inbetween 10-20 ppm is this good

 

[Prime Ordeal]

Don't change any water for a week and if the ammonia and nitrite stay at zero and the nitrate increases then you are cycled.

 

[CezzaXV]

Don't change any water for a week and if the ammonia and nitrite stay at zero and the nitrate increases then you are cycled.

I agree. Test your water every day. If there is 0 ammonia and nitrite then yay, if not then you need to do a water change. When you get both 0 for seven days in a row, then you can consider yourself cycled.

 

[boabmac63]

Don't change any water for a week and if the ammonia and nitrite stay at zero and the nitrate increases then you are cycled.

I agree. Test your water every day. If there is 0 ammonia and nitrite then yay, if not then you need to do a water change. When you get both 0 for seven days in a row, then you can consider yourself cycled.

Cheers