My First Fishless Cycle....

[mattlee]

just to add. i think the nitrates are not off the scale as ive done a few big water changes when the pH dropped or increased to prevent the cycle from stalling. i have noted them at 40 but they are somewhere between 40 and 80 on the API test chart.

 

[Harlequins]

Looking good matt


What are you planning to have in this tank?

 

[mattlee]

the filter will be transfered onto my 6.5x2x2 that ive been busy setting up. it currently contains -

1 x black ghost knifefish
1 x L190
1 x siamese algae eater
1 x rotkeil severum

and i am getting on saturday -

1 x oscar
1 x diadema acara

so the cycled media is only to cover the adition of the 2 fish im getting on saturday

results for today are the same double zeros but a small drop in pH from 7.6 down to 7.4

 

[waterdrop]

Since you've got some mature media in there and you've had a pretty long stretch of 12-hour double-zeros I'd say you're looking pretty cycled there. Any time the overall elapsed time is less than 5 or 6 weeks though I'd monitor the first stocking quite carefully, watching for mini-cycling. WD

 

[mattlee]

Since you've got some mature media in there and you've had a pretty long stretch of 12-hour double-zeros I'd say you're looking pretty cycled there. Any time the overall elapsed time is less than 5 or 6 weeks though I'd monitor the first stocking quite carefully, watching for mini-cycling. WD

yeah ill be keeping a close eye on the water as the stocking in the tank is set to cost me a small fortune this weekend not that i wouldnt anyway mind