New guy, Great site!

[Oddness87]

Hello ladies and gentle-fish,

I stumbled upon this site while researching fish-less cycling on my first tank a month ago and it was so darn full of information I bookmarked it. I planned on joining once my tank was up and running so I'd have something to show off and discuss, but, I ran into a snag. So, out of necessity, I have joined today!! Yay!

I've always wanted fish but never had the space. Since I moved into a larger apartment, I know have the space to properly display a tank.

This is gonna be GREAT!!(If you can't tell, I'm excited)

 

[maestromad]

Welcome and you will get loads of help here

 

[redsea]

Welcome to Aquarium Advice! I would have to agree, lots of friendly people willing to talk here!

 

[LyndaB]

Welcome, glad you found us!

Kudos to you for doing research BEFORE you bought the fish.

 

[CherryBarb123]

Welcome to AA!!

 

[alLexX]

welcome to AA,whats the snag?

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Hello welcome i agree, good job researching the fishless cycle

 

[Oddness87]

Welcome, glad you found us!

Kudos to you for doing research BEFORE you bought the fish.

Thanks! I'm glad I did once I read through some of the horror stories and bad experiences others have had for me to learn from.

welcome to AA,whats the snag?

I'm having a hard time starting the cycle process, the ammonia was originally above 8ppm for a week and a half and I read this may slow or stall the process. I then completed a 50% water change and brought it down to 4ppm and its been at 4ppm for almost 3 weeks now with all other parameters being OK and NitrItes and NitrAtes sitting at zero.

In another thread of mine, I was advised of some activated filter media through a website that I will be trying out to see if this can kick start my process.

 

[Slade]

Welcome. Patience is the key to your cycle. Try asking your LFS for some used media to jump start.

 

[melosu58]

Welcome aboard. We are glad you found us here at AA.