sea-note
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Tank has been operational for 4.5 weeks. I haven't had a tank for over 7 years and came from the "old school" of tank cycling and started a fishy cycle before reading that fishLESS was probably best. So, now I have to live with what I've got.
I started my 60 gallon with 5 Danios, 1 Platy, 3 Cory Cats, a Java Fern, and some other plant I don't know the name of. After 2.5 weeks, I added a Pleko. Pretty quickly, my Ammonia was at .25ppm and has stayed there. It has not fluctuated at all - not when I WAS doing water changes and it hasn't fluctuated even though I haven't done a water change for 9 days. I have never had any Nitrites and obviously no Nitrates.
I removed the unknown plant, because it had grown almost to the top of the tank, so I thought maybe it was keeping the tank from cycling. Things haven't changed as far as my levels are concerned.
Any ideas?
Also, when I make a change, how long do I wait before I can determine that the change is not helping the cycle. The LFS guy said 1 week, but I take their advise with a grain of salt.
Thanks for your help!
I started my 60 gallon with 5 Danios, 1 Platy, 3 Cory Cats, a Java Fern, and some other plant I don't know the name of. After 2.5 weeks, I added a Pleko. Pretty quickly, my Ammonia was at .25ppm and has stayed there. It has not fluctuated at all - not when I WAS doing water changes and it hasn't fluctuated even though I haven't done a water change for 9 days. I have never had any Nitrites and obviously no Nitrates.
I removed the unknown plant, because it had grown almost to the top of the tank, so I thought maybe it was keeping the tank from cycling. Things haven't changed as far as my levels are concerned.
Any ideas?
Also, when I make a change, how long do I wait before I can determine that the change is not helping the cycle. The LFS guy said 1 week, but I take their advise with a grain of salt.
Thanks for your help!