Thelynchfamily
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Well at least I think our tank is cycled. We have a 75 gallon tank it has been up and running for a year and a half. I did not hear about cycling your tank until about a week ago when I started doing research on Malawi cichlids. We have three Malawian ciclids and 6 phantom tetra. I heard that when your ph is higher you need to keep a closer eye on the ammonia levels. So i bought a test kit. I did an ammonia test today and it read .25 so I did a 1/3 water change. Then waited an hour and took another test and it still read .25 but on my testing kit ( liquid) there is just 0 or .25 no in between. A little more info... Filtration 2 power filters the fish get fed very little twice a day and we just changed our substrate from polished rock to sand. Please help I really love my cichlids!