threnjen
Aquarium Advice Addict
I totally agree with you. We are all over the place. I'm no scientist so I really am not skilled at bringing together everything we find into some cohesive... statement.
I would say the #1 myth that I wanted to dispel when we began is that "high nitrites or ammonia will stall the cycle"
I honestly feel that we have found enough evidence to dispel this. At this point I believe things that can stall the cycle at our small scale include depletion of phosphorous, pH crash, and depletion of dissolved oxygen.
Also I guess #2 myth, which is kind of related to #1, is that x particular level of ppm of ammonia is "ideal" for cycling.
For example I was taught to cycle using craaaazy style ammonia levels, like it got to 18ppm before I ever saw nitrites, and it's doing fine (because the cycle won't stall at our scale from high ammonia or nitrites, see #1)
We want to run a (non scientific) experiment that tasks people with using vastly different dosing schedules to demonstrate that different dosing/cycling methods will work.
I feel like right now we are not sure what we want to accomplish.
I *think* what we want to do is SIMPLIFY CYCLING into elements that will allow it to be completed without any water changes in the optimal amount of time.
I personally do not think the instructions used on this forum accomplish this.
I would say the #1 myth that I wanted to dispel when we began is that "high nitrites or ammonia will stall the cycle"
I honestly feel that we have found enough evidence to dispel this. At this point I believe things that can stall the cycle at our small scale include depletion of phosphorous, pH crash, and depletion of dissolved oxygen.
Also I guess #2 myth, which is kind of related to #1, is that x particular level of ppm of ammonia is "ideal" for cycling.
For example I was taught to cycle using craaaazy style ammonia levels, like it got to 18ppm before I ever saw nitrites, and it's doing fine (because the cycle won't stall at our scale from high ammonia or nitrites, see #1)
We want to run a (non scientific) experiment that tasks people with using vastly different dosing schedules to demonstrate that different dosing/cycling methods will work.
I feel like right now we are not sure what we want to accomplish.
I *think* what we want to do is SIMPLIFY CYCLING into elements that will allow it to be completed without any water changes in the optimal amount of time.
I personally do not think the instructions used on this forum accomplish this.