My Cycle Progess

[@rtemis]

Hi Gang,

I want to thank everyone who had helped me and my daughter get things going with our cycle. I've created a spreadsheet on google if anyone's interested to see my numbers.

Google Docs - Aquarium Cycling

@rt

 

[Zagz]

That's a good way to keep track. I keep a spreadsheet on my computer too but for water changes and filter cleanings.

 

[rkilling1]

The addition of Bio-Spira seems to have worked wonders. With those numbers, it doesn't look like it will be very much longer.

 

[marchmaxima]

At that rate you'll beat me!

How dare you

 

[@rtemis]

Last night I noticed my Ammonia numbers dropping and decided to check in the morning to see how much it would drop. Well, this morning my ammonia numbers really dropped almost to 0 ppm so I added some more drops to sustain bacteria. Man, these little guys are sure hungry.

How soon do you guys think the numbers on the nitrites and nitrates will drop? I told my daughter maybe we can add fish this weekend.

 

[Purrbox]

Nitrites should drop soon, but the Nitrates will continue to rise since that's the end product of the Nitrogen Cycle. Once both the Ammonia and Nitrite are 0 and the Nitrates are rising, you're good to go. Just make sure to do a large water change before adding fish to get those Nitrate levels down.

In a traditional cycle (no seed material etc) I've found it generally takes 4 weeks for the Ammonia to peak and hit 0 and then another 2 weeks for the Nitrites to hit zero. So you're probably about 2/3 of the way through based on this morning's results.