crazy cycle

[eco23]

I'm not the OP but I'm also in the middle of my cycle so I'm trying to read all the threads I can to get a better idea of what I'm doing

Yeah, I'm glad you followed along, lol. Mr. Limpet and I just had a fairly complicated, yet useful and intelligent conversation, haha. If you're new and managed to follow along, you're gonna be very good at this fish keeping thing

 

[rubyjess]

hi thanks for all your help during my cycle
test results today were
ammonia 0ppm
nitrites 0ppm
nitrates 40 ppm
i think it cycled i just left it for a couple of days with lights off and
forgot about it
cheers

 

[Mr. Limpet]

hi thanks for all your help during my cycle
test results today were
ammonia 0ppm
nitrites 0ppm
nitrates 40 ppm
i think it cycled i just left it for a couple of days with lights off and
forgot about it
cheers

Great to hear! Fishie time is fun time .

Also, don't let it be for too long or the bacteria will start to die off.

 

[rubyjess]

hi ,it wont be to long about 3 hours lol been waiting for this day for 3 1/2 weeks

 

[rubyjess]

is it worth doing a pwc to bring down my nitrates abit
cheers

 

[Mr. Limpet]

is it worth doing a pwc to bring down my nitrates abit
cheers

Your no3 are within safe ranges IMO, but it shouldn't hurt if you wanted to.

 

[jetajockey]

Just wanted to clarify something. In order to have denitrification (nitrate -> gas) via anaerobic bacteria, the system needs an anaerobic medium. This is fairly uncommon in freshwater aquaria, although it is becoming more common with the increasing popularity of soil/sand substrates.

It would take a large amount of anaerobic bacteria to convert that large of an amount of nitrates so quickly (and a significant amount of time to build up a colony capable of doing this), so I'd be more apt to look at other reasons, like test inaccuracy.