Cycling

[ididit1119]

What do you mean when you mention the word cycling?

 

[SpeedEuphoria]

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/articles/articles/24/1/Nitrogen-Cycle-/Page1.html
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/artic...ks-for-your-fastest-fishless-cycle/Page1.html

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

First article describes the nitrogen "cycle"...

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/articles/articles/6/1/Ammonia-conversion-to-nitrate/Page1.html

Second article describes how to cycle your tank...

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/articles/articles/3/1/Cycle-your-salt-tank/Page1.html

In a nutshell, to cycle the tank means to take a tank that has no bacteria to convert ammonia to nitrates and turn it into a tank that DOES have those bacteria. Only when the tank has those bacteria is it safe to put living things in it.

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/articles/articles/24/1/Nitrogen-Cycle-/Page1.html
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/artic...ks-for-your-fastest-fishless-cycle/Page1.html

That second article is written more towards a freshwater tank - you don't want to mess with the pH stuff like that article mentions for a saltwater tank. You specifically want to keep phosphates OUT of a saltwater tank. SW bacteria are not the same as FW bacteria.

[Edit: Just noticed your signature line there SpeedEuphoria! Wow... I've never had anything I've written immortalized in a signature line before! Well... except my own, if I had one!]

 

[lance]

Cycling a new tank removes any dieoff and waiting for beneficail bacteria to grow. Its the time you will need to remove ammonia and nitrite. Heres an article on what happens during a cycle. GL..

What is the Nitrogen Cycling Process?

 

[SpeedEuphoria]

[Edit: Just noticed your signature line there SpeedEuphoria! Wow... I've never had anything I've written immortalized in a signature line before! Well... except my own, if I had one!]

Hope you dont mind, it pretty well sums up many things in life. Better than I could say it for sure