nkim1994
Aquarium Advice Regular
Fishless Cycling/ Quarantine help?
So I am fishless cycling my tank.
I have a 20 gallon 12d x 24w x 17t, running an Aquaclear 30 with to biobags and sponge, took out the carbon for my plants.
Water Params :
Ammonia: 1ppm
Nitrite: 1ppm
Nitrate: 40ppm
pH: 7.6
I started cycling 8/17/2014, with Dr. Tims One and Only, and Ace Hardware Janitorial Strength Ammonia, so this is normal, I'm guessing... I have a few questions though...
Do I redose to 2ppm Ammonia, when it is at .5ppm, or does it actually have to be less.... and I should wait to redose till nitrites is 0ppm or under .5ppm?
I redosed the other day when I hit .5ppm Ammonia and .25 Nitrite... And today it was down to about 1ppm maybe a little less.
Do you think the cycle will take longer without Dr Tims ammonia o.o?
Secondly I was going to get a QT tank...
I was thinking a sterilite 17 gal storage box, (considering the little 2 gallon i used for plants is too small even for juveniles I'll get), get a smaller Aquaclear 20 run it on the back of my tank.
If move the Extra biomedia from my main tank to the smaller filter, and move it to the QT when I need it, will it jumpstart a cycle? So I dont have to cycle the QT? Will it upset the Main tank cycle, if I move the extra biobag?
and will my pH go down when the cycle is done? I know it will if I add my drift wood.
Sorry for all the questions
I'm just new and want to do things right, thank you^^
So I am fishless cycling my tank.
I have a 20 gallon 12d x 24w x 17t, running an Aquaclear 30 with to biobags and sponge, took out the carbon for my plants.
Water Params :
Ammonia: 1ppm
Nitrite: 1ppm
Nitrate: 40ppm
pH: 7.6
I started cycling 8/17/2014, with Dr. Tims One and Only, and Ace Hardware Janitorial Strength Ammonia, so this is normal, I'm guessing... I have a few questions though...
Do I redose to 2ppm Ammonia, when it is at .5ppm, or does it actually have to be less.... and I should wait to redose till nitrites is 0ppm or under .5ppm?
I redosed the other day when I hit .5ppm Ammonia and .25 Nitrite... And today it was down to about 1ppm maybe a little less.
Do you think the cycle will take longer without Dr Tims ammonia o.o?
Secondly I was going to get a QT tank...
I was thinking a sterilite 17 gal storage box, (considering the little 2 gallon i used for plants is too small even for juveniles I'll get), get a smaller Aquaclear 20 run it on the back of my tank.
If move the Extra biomedia from my main tank to the smaller filter, and move it to the QT when I need it, will it jumpstart a cycle? So I dont have to cycle the QT? Will it upset the Main tank cycle, if I move the extra biobag?
and will my pH go down when the cycle is done? I know it will if I add my drift wood.
Sorry for all the questions
I'm just new and want to do things right, thank you^^