Planted Cycle Question....

[Rickzayne]

4 weeks ago I started a fish in cycle in my 25l I had bought.

1 week later I decided it was to small!

So I went on ebay and bought a 180l and a 405 filter.

So 3 weeks after with the same fish + more, I'm a bit confused on my test results.

here is my tank

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/370718-new-setup/page__view__findpost__p__3107671

My fish are:

9 neon tetra
7 bronze cory
4 Molly
6 oto's

and my test results are reading:

PH 7-7.5
Ammonia 0
Nitrite <0.1
NirAte <10

Is my tank cycled?

my readings on average last week where the same but my Ammonia was less than 0.25

and I'm using a Nutrifin test kit.

 

[Tizer]

Nitrite needs to be zero, but it does appear to be a very thin line. Adding more fish to the tank mid cycle probably wasnt the most wise idea but tis done now. I read somewhere that you added 10 plants to the tank while cycling, unfortunately, in my book that doesnt really qualify as a planted cycle, it simply isnt enough to fill the tank.

I would just monitor it again this week and see how it goes, treat is as a fish in cycle and do water changes accordingly mate. gluck.

 

[RadaR]

I read somewhere that you added 10 plants to the tank while cycling, unfortunately, in my book that doesnt really qualify as a planted cycle, it simply isnt enough to fill the tank.

Agreed.
Their absorption of ammonia wouldn't be huge either unless given CO2. Obviously if the plants were noticeably growing then they will have helped a bit.

 

[Rickzayne]

theres abouttttt... 30-35 plants and about 10 floating...

but don't understand why there no ammonia.