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Ok, I began a fishless cycle 3 weeks ago. I added filter from my 3 gal tank to my marineland 360. I dosed to 3 ppm ammonia and waited. I got a drop to about 2 ppm in 2 weeks and then got impatient. I tested water and had 2 ppm ammonia, 0 nitites and 20 ppm nitrates. Yeah, weird i know. I...

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i took the filter media..the second one u posted. it is just an insert u slide in. it has carbon on one side and blue filter on other side. i put that in one of my 4 media baskets on the marineland 360. thought it might kickstart things, but not sure its working.

just saw question about shaking bottle. Yes I did shake it like directions advised to do.

He is still rocking it out in his 5 gal. I had been changing that filter every 3-4 months. Just read something recently tho saying prob shouldn't be replacing it that often.

just have 1 danio and had him for about 1 yr. Just have hang on filter with 1 filter.

..also using API master test kit

Ahhh, that makes sense. I did put small filter from my established 5 gal aquarium in with my filter media. Should I do anything at this point or should I continue to wait. I would figure my ammonia should be going down by now.

I started a fish less cycle about 11 days ago. Tank as follows: 70 gal freshwater sand substrate 2 Malaysian driftwood and fake plants couple river rocks GH between 0-25 KH (off the chart) around 300ppm PH 8.2 Running marineland 360 with carbon, seachem matrix and ceramic media. water temp...