bgk111
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hey Guys,
I know I've been posting on this subject allot lately, but I'm curious, what can cause a cycle to not start. Ive had my 16 gallon tank going for few days under a month now and I still have no Nitrites, nitrates, or anything except the seed ammonia I put in a long time ago (non-surfactant ammonia ~4ppt). My water is ~82 Deg F and my PH is around 8 with very high hardness in my water (I have allot of bicarbonate buildup on my heater, we have allot of limestone here in central PA, USA). I figured this post could be useful for myself as well as anyone else who may have this problem. O ya, I also added a little fish food a while back for phosphate.
Again, sorry for the repeated posting on the subject, but I have read allot of places where people start to at least get nitrites by around 8 days and I would at least like to see SOME movement on my tank.
P.S. A friend actually uses only de-ionized water that I can get from my lab at work for his fish, but Id like to keep the local pH and stuff since the person I plan to buy fish for uses the local water. would a RO/DI unit be something I should look into?
I know I've been posting on this subject allot lately, but I'm curious, what can cause a cycle to not start. Ive had my 16 gallon tank going for few days under a month now and I still have no Nitrites, nitrates, or anything except the seed ammonia I put in a long time ago (non-surfactant ammonia ~4ppt). My water is ~82 Deg F and my PH is around 8 with very high hardness in my water (I have allot of bicarbonate buildup on my heater, we have allot of limestone here in central PA, USA). I figured this post could be useful for myself as well as anyone else who may have this problem. O ya, I also added a little fish food a while back for phosphate.
Again, sorry for the repeated posting on the subject, but I have read allot of places where people start to at least get nitrites by around 8 days and I would at least like to see SOME movement on my tank.
P.S. A friend actually uses only de-ionized water that I can get from my lab at work for his fish, but Id like to keep the local pH and stuff since the person I plan to buy fish for uses the local water. would a RO/DI unit be something I should look into?