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Mitchee Enthusiast Posts: 176 Kudos: 75 Votes: 99 Registered: 12-Dec-2005	Edited by Mitchee Hi everyone Two days ago, I set up a 5 gallon tank, using about 1 gallon of cycled water from my 42g and the rest straight tap water (conditioned of course). No other media was used to seed the 5g. Currently, I have only 2 platies in the 5g. My water parameters are amonia 0, nitrIte 0, nitrAte 10. As there is the presence of nitrAte, can I safely assume that my 5g will not undergo a cycle or should I wait a little longer? Thank you! Mitch
Posted 31-Mar-2006 15:31
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Hi, Personally, I'd wait. Actually while your thought was in the right direction, it was not "spot on." What you should have put in the new tank was a handfull of gravel from the old tank and not the water. The bacteria colonies that you are trying to grow in the new tank live primarely in the gravel and in the filter, not in the water itself. Frank -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 31-Mar-2006 17:23
Joe Potato Fish Addict Kind of a Big Deal Posts: 869 Votes: 309 Registered: 09-Jan-2001	I agree with Frank on this, with one added point: don't believe the nitrate reading is the result of bacteria in the 5 gallon working on the waste produced by the platies. It's more likely that the nitrates came from the 1 gallon of established tank water you put in there. Joe Potato
Posted 31-Mar-2006 17:26
Mitchee Enthusiast Posts: 176 Kudos: 75 Votes: 99 Registered: 12-Dec-2005	I just added a good handful of gravel to my 5g. Thanks so much for your help! Mitch
Posted 31-Mar-2006 17:45
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	If you get 10nitrates just from 1 gallon of water from another tank plus 4g of zero nitrate water I really wonder what your nitrates are on the other tank. You might want to test it and while everyone says 40ppm is safe I would prefer to keep it below 20ppm.
Posted 31-Mar-2006 18:35


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