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Latest Update Here is my latest update.... I added fish last Sunday. I started off with three red eye tetra. Been closely watching the water all week. Readings today were 0 ammo, between .50 and 1.00 on trite and around 20 on trate. I did about a fairly large water change today of about 7...

Ready to Go Just did a 80% water change and will be getting fish tomorrow. Should I put a small dose of ammo in tonight or not? Also what are suggestions for a number of fish to start with, 2-3?

PWC Thanks Rare. By big PWC, what amount do you suggest? a 50% water change? Will that be enough to bring the Nitrates down to less than 40 PPM?

2/3 of the Way There Seems like the tank is processing 3 ppm of ammo on a regular basis now. Checked it three days in a row aand both ammo and nitrites are at 0. the nitrates however seem to be a bit high. Proabably somewhere around 40 - 80 based on the reference card. Through...

today's Update Well it seems like the tank is not having any problems converting 2.00PPM Ammo over a 24 hour period. Nitrites seem to be falling a tad bit. Probably closer to the 2.00 than the 5.00 mrk. Also, Nitrates seem to have come down a bit as well, probably between the 20 and 40 mark...

Here is my latest update. Yesterday Ammo went down to zero. Based upon the calculator I thought I would go a little conservative and add enough ammonia to get it up to 2.5 PPM. I added approximately 1 2/3 ml. I just checked it and it seems it went down to zero. That's the good news...

Getting There Thanks library girl. Ok it seems like things are finally progressing. It is day 11 (after the ammonia was brought back down to a reasonable level of 3). Today i tested it and am seeing a Nitite spike. Readings are as follows. As best as I can deciper on the API chart. Ammo...

My specs are 20 gallon high with 30 lbs of medium gravel substrate. Several fake plants and rocks. After a lot of reading, I have opted for a fshless cycle and decided to use ammonia (Ace Hardware brand) to get the Nitro cycle started. It seems it is quite easy to OD the tank. Basically I...