KatieBunky
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi everyone, so as the title suggests, I don't get cycling at all. I've watched loads of YouTube videos, read posts & trawled the internet for information but from what I can see, there aren't many step-by-step guides to cycling a fish tank. All of the step-by-step guides I've seen are quite brief & don't explain much. I feel so stupid that I've been keeping fish for 8 years & I'd never even heard of cycling until I joined this forum
From what I've read/watched there are 3 types of cycling: cycling with fish, fishless cycling, cycling with items from a current tank eg old filter sponges, substrate, decor. I get that when you start a new tank the ammonia levels will rise, then the nitrite levels will rise & the ammonia levels will go down, then the nitrate levels will rise & we keep nitrate levels down by doing water changes.
If someone could please give me a day-by-day explaination of cycling then that would be very helpful.
From what I've read/watched there are 3 types of cycling: cycling with fish, fishless cycling, cycling with items from a current tank eg old filter sponges, substrate, decor. I get that when you start a new tank the ammonia levels will rise, then the nitrite levels will rise & the ammonia levels will go down, then the nitrate levels will rise & we keep nitrate levels down by doing water changes.
If someone could please give me a day-by-day explaination of cycling then that would be very helpful.