Maxkolbe
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Am doing a fishless cycle in my new sixty gallon aquarium with crumbled flake food. I will be posting my results so that I can get your viewpoints on how the cycle is going.
After a week of adding flakes with seeded media my levels were
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5ppm
Hardness (GH and KH) very high
Ph 8.4
The date was December 12
Today on December 14 my levels are
Ammonia 0.25 ppm
Nitrites 0
Nitrates about 6 or 7 ppm
Ph 8.4
After a week of adding flakes with seeded media my levels were
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5ppm
Hardness (GH and KH) very high
Ph 8.4
The date was December 12
Today on December 14 my levels are
Ammonia 0.25 ppm
Nitrites 0
Nitrates about 6 or 7 ppm
Ph 8.4