Hello!
I am trying to do a fishless cycle on my new tank.
On Sunday I set up a brand new 5.5 gallon tank. Everything in it is also new. I had nothing from an established tank to seed this new tank.
On Monday I added pure Ammonia to bring the levels up to 3ppm.
24 hours later I tested and the Ammonia was at 2ppm, and Nitrite was at 1ppm! I did not expect the Ammonia to go down and to get Nitrite readings only after a day!
I tested both twice just to be sure. I am using the API liquid testing kit.
Am I just lucky that the cycle is getting started so quickly? Or maybe having such a small tank is faster?
Just wondering what you guys think about this. Thanks!
I am trying to do a fishless cycle on my new tank.
On Sunday I set up a brand new 5.5 gallon tank. Everything in it is also new. I had nothing from an established tank to seed this new tank.
On Monday I added pure Ammonia to bring the levels up to 3ppm.
24 hours later I tested and the Ammonia was at 2ppm, and Nitrite was at 1ppm! I did not expect the Ammonia to go down and to get Nitrite readings only after a day!
I tested both twice just to be sure. I am using the API liquid testing kit.
Am I just lucky that the cycle is getting started so quickly? Or maybe having such a small tank is faster?
Just wondering what you guys think about this. Thanks!