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Ok I have an update on my tank experiment. I am on day 36 of my cycle and my ammonia levels are 0 and my bacteria can turn 4ppm of ammonia in to 0 ppm in about 24 hours. I've kind of hit a snag it appears that my nitrite levels have soared and my cycle is stalling out. The nitrite results are...

I'm attempting to start my first salt water tank. I am dosing ammonia to my bacteria in a fishless cycle. I have a unique situation in that I plan to grow shrimp to eat and plan to put 500 small shrimp in my 250 gallon tank all at once. I plan to heavily dose the tank with ammonia in order to...

Alright I have an update on my tank cycling with Stability, this was my first tank ever and I did a fishless cycle starting with well water that contained 3 ppm ammonia right out of the tap. I started my tank on June 30th my numbers were ph 8.4, ammonia 3ppm, nitrite 0, nitrate 0. I added...

Ok I have an update from Seachem, so below is my question to Seachem support and Seachem support's answer. "I've been reading many forums about Seachem I purchased a bottle and started using it today to cycle my tank... There are many comments about why not to use Seachem Stability saying that...

I don't claim to be an expert on the process at all I just visited a shrimp growing facility similar to the one in the attached link which explains the process a little rdmshrimp.com The process is called zero exchange aerobic heterotrophic system (ZEAH) The way it was explained to me was...

Haha, that's the plan I visited a shrimp farm where they grew shrimp in swimming pools and said that they hadn't changed the water in 3 years. I didn't see the nitrate reading but he said that they were off the charts. The tanks had no filters of any kind. All they had was about 20-30cfm of...

Ok I made the decision today to be the guinea pig. I continued with the dosing and plan to cycle my tank with Seachem Stability. I'm trying to grow edible shrimp in an aquaculture setup and plan to never change the water or add any more seachem stability so I'll update if I have any nitrogen...

Sorry to make you wonder FishDaAx, I'm really trying to bring clarity to the issue not more confusion.

I'm starting a new tank and have had 2 ppm ammonia levels for 7 days now. I got a wild hair and thought I'ld go to the pet store and see if they had some bacteria that I could jump start things with. I was hoping to get an old filter or gravel. At the store I weighed the options and thought...