Caduceus
Aquarium Advice Newbie
G'day
Ive got a litte 22 litre tank that Im experimenting with, trying to do a fishless cycle.
Ive followed all the articles I can find and Im pretty confident its all set up and ready to go.
Unfortunately its really hard to get pure ammonia here in Australia, so I've been trying the fish food method.
I started by putting in just a pinch of fish food and waited (2days)......nothing....another pinch (another 2 days)....nothing.....
A bigger pinch - another two days....nothing.....
A pretty big pinch, all finely ground up - 3 days.....nothing.
Its been about 14 days now, with lots of fish food, but the ammonia is still set firmly at zero.
Im using "Tropical Fish Flakes"
I've made sure all the water has been treated with API Tap Water Conditioner.
The tank has just plain black gravel, a sponge filter, heater - set at about 29 degrees celcius (84 degrees F)
Why is there no ammonia forming? Maybe Im using the wrong fish food....but shouldn't it all decompose and produce ammonia.
I've been testing for Nitrite and Nitrate as well.....all zero.
Any suggestions??
Ive got a litte 22 litre tank that Im experimenting with, trying to do a fishless cycle.
Ive followed all the articles I can find and Im pretty confident its all set up and ready to go.
Unfortunately its really hard to get pure ammonia here in Australia, so I've been trying the fish food method.
I started by putting in just a pinch of fish food and waited (2days)......nothing....another pinch (another 2 days)....nothing.....
A bigger pinch - another two days....nothing.....
A pretty big pinch, all finely ground up - 3 days.....nothing.
Its been about 14 days now, with lots of fish food, but the ammonia is still set firmly at zero.
Im using "Tropical Fish Flakes"
I've made sure all the water has been treated with API Tap Water Conditioner.
The tank has just plain black gravel, a sponge filter, heater - set at about 29 degrees celcius (84 degrees F)
Why is there no ammonia forming? Maybe Im using the wrong fish food....but shouldn't it all decompose and produce ammonia.
I've been testing for Nitrite and Nitrate as well.....all zero.
Any suggestions??