Second Stage Cycle Started Today Help

[lana]

wow what an ordeal, just read 3 weeks worth lol your lfs must be rubbing there hands together when you walk in all that med and de chlorinator etc i hope everything works out for you

Yes, Lana is one of the few people I've seen that has overcome some difficult beginning and ongoing conditions, has a large tank (with therefor bigger water changes) but has accepted the information and created very good conditions for the fish and stuck with it!

Hopefully this filter will get a large enough NBac population before much longer and Lana can drop back to much more relaxed weekend single water change!

~~waterdrop~~

thank you so much waterdrop but i never would of gotten this far with out the help from you and mrs wiggles

 

[lana]

weekly cleaning done tonight ,

did approx 60 ...to 70 % water change ,

test reading for the night as of 10:30 pm

ammonia 0 to 0.25
nitrite 0
nitrate 0

ph 7.4

temp 30 C

all fish doing good

but i did lose 2 they got sucked up my water peice and stuck between the glass and back of it
i buried it better tonight so they can't get under it at all now hope not anyways , if it happens again i will take it out

 

[lana]

day 27 fish in cycle

8 :30 am readings

ammonia 0 to 0.25 closer to zero
nitrite 0.25
nitrate 0 to 5

ph 7.2

temp 30C

alll fish doing good

 

[waterdrop]

Are you saying that some part of an internal filter system was able to trap and kill a couple of your fry? Filters are supposed to be designed so they can't do that. What do you think is wrong?

~~waterdrop~~

 

[lana]

Are you saying that some part of an internal filter system was able to trap and kill a couple of your fry? Filters are supposed to be designed so they can't do that. What do you think is wrong?

~~waterdrop~~

lol no
i'll take a pic of the thing i am talking about nothing to do with filter

 

[lana]

ok this is it

it is hollow with plexie glass to make it look like a water fall under water but i did not have it burried good and 2 fish got under it and trapped between the plex glass and back of it a lf danio and silver drawf gouromi

make sence now

so i had to really burry it

 

[waterdrop]

lol, what a wild looking contraption, I never noticed that before in your tank picture - glad you got it buried!

~~waterdrop~~

 

[lana]

lol, what a wild looking contraption, I never noticed that before in your tank picture - glad you got it buried!

~~waterdrop~~

lol it is new was a birthday present from my daughter

 

[lana]

4 30 pm testing

ammonia 0.15 lol
nitrite 0.25
nitrate 0

ph 7.2

temp 30C

all fish good even the fry

did 50% water change


ok so now that nitrites are here looks like they are doing what the ammonia did climbing fast looks like back to 2 to 3 times a day water changes for me for the next little bit

 

[waterdrop]

Yes, in a fish-in cycle its really hard to follow the course of the cycle with much accuracy, but you know that time is on your side and that if you can out-wait (or out-waterchange!) it, eventually there's just nothing else that can happen except that those populations will eventually build up. Seeing nitrites after a water change, however, has to be a reassuring sign of the second phase telling you its still there. Its great that you've had some pretty enjoyable things with the tank already, to go along with all the water changes.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[lana]

Yes, in a fish-in cycle its really hard to follow the course of the cycle with much accuracy, but you know that time is on your side and that if you can out-wait (or out-waterchange!) it, eventually there's just nothing else that can happen except that those populations will eventually build up. Seeing nitrites after a water change, however, has to be a reassuring sign of the second phase telling you its still there. Its great that you've had some pretty enjoyable things with the tank already, to go along with all the water changes.

~~waterdrop~~

well all reading are good for tonight

ammonia 0.10
nitrite 0

nitrate 0

ph 7.2

temp 30C

 

[lana]

day 28

readings 6 am

ammonia 0.25
nitrite 1.0
nitrate 5

ph 7.2

temp 30

all fish great


found another baby doing water change woooohooo that make 2 now

won't have time this morning to retest so hope this was enough til i get home a 5 30

 

[waterdrop]

I do think it seems a strong second stage sign that the nitrites want to zoom up so quickly after zero and that plenty of nitrates are being produced. Clearly the N-Bacs colony is growing.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[lana]

I do think it seems a strong second stage sign that the nitrites want to zoom up so quickly after zero and that plenty of nitrates are being produced. Clearly the N-Bacs colony is growing.

~~waterdrop~~

cool cool so i am just testing the nitrites now after about 60% water change so far they look to be 0


this lil baby fry is half the size of the first one i am thinking from the second batch he is not really showing any color i will post a pic of him tonight

 

[lana]

630 pm readings


ammonia 0 to 0.25
nitrite 0.25 to 0.50
nitrate 0 to 5

ph 7.2

temp 30C

did 50% water change

all at 0 again