Request To All Who Kept/keep Cycle Logs

KittyKat · Mar 9, 2011

I am interested in collecting as many cycle logs as possible for a project I am thinking of doing, which may or may not help to come up with ways to improve cycle times.

I am only after the numbers: that is to say, I want your ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, hardness, temperature readings, tank size, ammonia addition records, bicarbonate of soda addition records, cycle aid records, seeding records, which media is in the filter and suchlike. I am mainly interested in fish-less cycled, but also in fish-in cycles.

I don't want to know anything about you.

Any data you allow me to use, you will allow me to use however I see fit, anywhere I want. I will be more than happy to give credit to anyone who volunteers their data if they so wish (also happy to not mention their existence), including any or all of the following: name, username and email or website.

So, please let me use the valuable information you great people have gathered by posting a link to your cycle log or the cycle log itself below, or by emailing it to me at my MSN address (which is listed in my profile page).

I am also interested in logs which are not complete yet!

Thanks in advance! :good:

Warehouse · Mar 9, 2011

Take it all KK, no problems whatsoever, I'll also endevour to add more data later on today regarding filter media etc, (but no idea how to measure hardness of water).

I think a few of us keep Excel sheets going as well, would these help?

KittyKat · Mar 9, 2011

Warehouse said:
Take it all KK, no problems whatsoever, I'll also endevour to add more data later on today regarding filter media etc, (but no idea how to measure hardness of water).

I think a few of us keep Excel sheets going as well, would these help?

Thanks! And yes, any format is fine: excel, openoffice, text file.. it's all good to me ^_^

Little_Nemo · Mar 9, 2011

You have my permission to use mine too! :good:

Like warehouse I dont know how to measure the hardness of my water - although its fair to say its reasonably hard.

Skins · Mar 9, 2011

Warehouse said:
Take it all KK, no problems whatsoever, I'll also endevour to add more data later on today regarding filter media etc, (but no idea how to measure hardness of water).

I think a few of us keep Excel sheets going as well, would these help?

Api do a good liquid test for gH and kH hardness, can get it quite cheap on ebay.

Keith.

Sorry KK tried looking for my f/less cycle thread but no longer available for some reason.

nehpets81 · Mar 9, 2011

Here is a link to mine - it's gone a bit wayward to say the least. It's not in the best format but hopefully it's clear enough.

Tank - 125L
No cycle aids or seedings from old medium
Not 100% sure of the top of my head what the medium is - it is everything that came out of the box of the Fluval U3, it included some spongy white pads, what I think might be ceramic bits and some poly/carbon pads - link to filer media
filter

Link to unfinished cycle Cycle
(Scroll down to bottom for latest numbers).