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Tank has cycled.. Great relief :dance: ... my java moss never took off, turned brown so i threw it out.. the java fern and hornswort seem to be doing ok but not much noticeable growth.. i probably need some better lighting.. have used fert tabs in the substrate and flourish also.. finally got my...

test readings today ammonia - .50 nitrite - 0 nitrate - 20 or 40 ppm

i have java moss in there as of now and waiting on hornswort and java fern , should be in tomorrow..

Test results today.. ammonia - 0.25 nitrite - 0 nitrate - 0 PH - 8.2 No change yet.. :banghead: I wish the LFS would have informed me of cycling before hand.. I would have fishless cycled... Take care everyone

been a few days since i've posted anything, i have kept my ammonia at .25 for last few days.. Still no sign of nitrites or nitrates.. i've been out of tetra safestart for awhile now one of these days i will get some more and try that maybe.. a lady my fiancee works with said she has bio balls...

yeah i usually do 10 gallon water changes so i was trying to figure out how much of a capful to dose the 10 gallons before i put it into the tank .. 1 capful is for 50 gallons, so im guessing around 1/4th of a capful or lower would be about right? .. 20 gallon tank but im doing a 50% water...

Gotcha.. Had some leftover dechlorinator of another brand so ill just switch to the prime now .. thanks

Finally got my prime today :) now to figure out how to use it properly with water changes haha.. My ammonia is looking alot better now (.25-.50 range).. Should I use prime with every water change?

Just got API Master test kit 2 days ago finally..

After todays 50% WC, test results are.. Ammonia 0.25-0.50 ( can't tell) Nitrite 0 ppm Nitrate 0ppm PH 8.2 Been around a month or more and still no nitrites or nitrates.. Hope im not doing something wrong.. Should I get some established filter media or something? thanks all good night :confused:

well before i knew about the cycling ( pet store people didn't mention the cycle) i got my tank and had it run for 2 days and then i bought 3 platys, and 5 glofish tetra .. I was looking online and seen the p.h was pretty close to the preferred zones of both fish, so as of now i have those 8...

yeah i thought the p.h was high but i heard that a constant ph is better than trying to keep changing it? and I put java moss in a few days ago and have some java fern on its way .. Thanks again off to work.

Back again lol.. After a 50% WC These are my results Ammonia - .50 -1.0 ppm ( hard to tell ) Nitrite - O ppm Nitrate - O ppm PH - 8.2 Should I do another WC to get the ammonia down some more or should I wait a certain amount of time before another WC? Thanks everyone :)

ok thank you! :)

0 ppm ammonia in tap water.. doing a water change real quick.. should i test the tap for every test?

Oh thats right it's in the filter.. Thank you again! WC time then to test my tap water

ok thank you for the input as well.. i was doing wc's everyday or so and then someone told me it would mess with the bacteria forming to start the nitrites and to let it spike and it should then drop down, but is that only for fishless cycling? I dont want to stress the fish in high ammonia but...

Thanks for the reply.. Yes I have been using Aqua Safe water conditioner/ dechlorinator from the beginning and with every water change. I am waiting for Prime I ordered it should be here sometime this week.. I am on my way to work right now , I will be done in a few hours and I will test my tap...

Hello everyone.. I am new to this but it sounded like fun for my free time, i'm sorry if these are dumb questions , just want the fish to do good.. I got a tank about a month ago and started trying to cycle with fish.. 20 gallon tank with 5 glofish tetras and 3 platys.. I used Tetra safestart...