Cycling a planted tank...

[Exia]

Soo its been one week since I set up my tank. I tested my water today(week2) and I got the result of
Ammonia 0.25/0.50(light green)
Nitrite 5.0(purple)
Nitrate 0(yellow)

Is this fine for 1 week? I didn't use any ammonia. Just have like 4 MTS in the tank...
Pic: http://imgur.com/wrG4QxM

 

[Coyne]

It will just be less predictable and probably take a bit longer without a dedicated ammonia source.

Since you have ammonia that's being converted to nitrite, I'm assuming you're adding something to the tank. Fish food maybe? Or does your tap water already have a little ammonia present in it?


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[Exia]

It will just be less predictable and probably take a bit longer without a dedicated ammonia source.

Since you have ammonia that's being converted to nitrite, I'm assuming you're adding something to the tank. Fish food maybe? Or does your tap water already have a little ammonia present in it?


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I didn't really add much prob just 3 flakes If I recall last week
but other than that I just set everything up and let it do its own thing

 

[Coyne]

Well... keep on keeping an eye on things. Ammonia has to make its way in there somehow, but it doesnt appear out of thin air. I doubt a few flakes of fish food is enough. Maybe your tap water already has some in it.

Good luck

 

[Exia]

Well... keep on keeping an eye on things. Ammonia has to make its way in there somehow, but it doesnt appear out of thin air. I doubt a few flakes of fish food is enough. Maybe your tap water already has some in it.

Good luck

odd... I used water conditioner on the tap water before adding it into the tank tho..