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	One day cycle????
angeleel Fish Addict Posts: 561 Kudos: 472 Votes: 61 Registered: 08-Feb-2005	Okay I just bought a 80 Gallon tank this weekend, I started to cycle it, I must admit I know nothing about cycling, well kinda.... Anyways I did water tests and here are the results .. ph 7.6 high range ph 7.8 ammonia 0.25 ppm nitrite o ppm nitrate 0 ppm My question is when is it done??? lol I know that either nitrates or nitrites has to be zero but they both are, and I dont know if that a safe ammount of ammonia. Any help would be great =) Last edited by angeleel at 21-Mar-2005 12:56
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19
kitten Fish Guru Meow? Posts: 2266 Kudos: 2194 Votes: 19 Registered: 18-Nov-2003	[link=Cycling]http://www.fishprofiles.net/faq/begin-cycling.asp" style="COLOR: #9900FF[/link] Take a look at that link... it describes the Nitrogen Cycle quite well. In short, you'll watch the ammonia rise and spike, then begin to decline as nitrites spike, then they'll drop and you'll get nitrates. Once Ammonia and Nitrites are zero and you get an increase in Nitrates, you're cycled. I highly suggest reading the above article, though. ~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19
angeleel Fish Addict Posts: 561 Kudos: 472 Votes: 61 Registered: 08-Feb-2005	Thanks for the reading material!!! I'm in need of it heheh I did one thing right I used water and filter gunk from another tank...lol Last edited by angeleel at 21-Mar-2005 13:20
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19
rohnds Fingerling Posts: 27 Kudos: 25 Votes: 1 Registered: 31-Oct-2003	First you will see spike in NH3 and then as the beneficial bacteria starts developing, NH3 level will drope and your NO2 will spike. When the tank is fully cycles you will have 0 reading for NH3 and NO2 and NO3 reading depending on the tank and the stage. Now you are ready to add fish. I personally never use filter, or gunk or gravel from an established tank to seed new my tank since this will introduce any harmful pathogenes that might be in your established tank. Rohn
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19
tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005	i hope there will be plants in there...it will definitely help in the cycle, plant on the 2nd day after the set-up...then u can put the hardy fish to start the cycle on the 3rd day.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:19


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