Yes!

[DanielG]

Went home yesterday and nitrIte has dropped to 0ppm!!!!!

Going to do a big water change tonight and then its fishy time tomorrow!!

Im going to add all but the neons first (from sig) and wait a few week till i add them

 

[evilchild]

good luck. most exciting time putting the first fish in,(i think any way)

 

[bubblesburst80]

congratulations, have fun shopping

 

[**sarahp**]

*through gritted jealous teeth*

Excellent!!!!

Only joking about the gritted teeth thing!! Good luck, hope it goes well!

My only negative comment would be - maybe you ought to just do a couple more days of adding ammonia to make sure that its all going according to plan and the NitrIte and ammonia are both dropping consistently would be a bugger if it went pete tongue once you put fish in

 

[DanielG]

it was zero yesterday, i added more ammonia last night, my statement that im getting fish tomorrow was based on the readings both being zero today

 

[Behold]

it was zero yesterday, i added more ammonia last night, my statement that im getting fish tomorrow was based on the readings both being zero today

*Increasing the gritted teath sound in the room*

Well done. one day i will be here!!!!

 

[dthoffsett]

My recommendation would be too continue adding ammonia for a week, and if ammonia and nitrite remain zero, you are really and truly cycled. For some strange reason that no one has been able to conclusively answer, on some cycles the ammonia and nitrite will drop to zero for a couple of days, and then you get a short spike again, it doesn't happen on every tank, but it has happened enough to myself and others on here, that I recommend the extra week to make sure. You've waited this long, a week isn't going to make that much of a difference.

I'd also recommend waiting 3 to 6 weeks after adding your other fish before adding the neons, they do better in a mature tank, and waiting the few weeks could make a big difference in their survival.

 

[DarkEntity]

I was going to say a similar thing, be doubly positive, if you have waited this long another 3 or 4 days wont hurt you, but it will stop you from hurting your new inhabitants

 

[DanielG]

i have a bit of a dilema then,

i am going away for 6 days on sunday (aug 5th), if i do not add fish i will not be there to add ammonia and so all the bacteria will die!!!

however if i do add fish, i will not be there to see if there is a short spike again and control it with water changes

how long can the bacteria live without a food source???

 

[LukeFishwalker]

i have a bit of a dilema then,

i am going away for 6 days on sunday (aug 5th), if i do not add fish i will not be there to add ammonia and so all the bacteria will die!!!

however if i do add fish, i will not be there to see if there is a short spike again and control it with water changes

how long can the bacteria live without a food source???

Perhaps you could set up some sort of elaborate drip device that adds a drop of ammonia every few hours. Just watch a few episodes of McGuyver and you'll think of something.

 

[dthoffsett]

i have a bit of a dilema then,

i am going away for 6 days on sunday (aug 5th), if i do not add fish i will not be there to add ammonia and so all the bacteria will die!!!

however if i do add fish, i will not be there to see if there is a short spike again and control it with water changes

how long can the bacteria live without a food source???

Hmm, well, in that case I would probably go ahead and add a few fish, hopefully they'll be ok, and since you won't be there to feed them, any resulting ammonia will be minimal.
FYI-bacteria start dying off in about 24 hours without a food source.

 

[DanielG]

i have a bit of a dilema then,

i am going away for 6 days on sunday (aug 5th), if i do not add fish i will not be there to add ammonia and so all the bacteria will die!!!

however if i do add fish, i will not be there to see if there is a short spike again and control it with water changes

how long can the bacteria live without a food source???

Hmm, well, in that case I would probably go ahead and add a few fish, hopefully they'll be ok, and since you won't be there to feed them, any resulting ammonia will be minimal.
FYI-bacteria start dying off in about 24 hours without a food source.

ok thanks for the help

 

[pandacichlid]

I remember when I added my first fish and realised my ammonia and nitrite levels were 0

well done!