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I don't understand why its taking so long. It's almost been 3 weeks now and ammonia has been around 4.0ppm since the start. No nitrites yet either. The temp is at 84F. Am I just impatient or what did I do wrong?
Yeah, and if you want to speed it up, try seeding it with gravel/filter media from an established tank. I seeded my 10gal with media from my 25g and it cycled in 2 weeks.
Bah, the fun of staring at an empty tank can only last so long... Oh yeah, I have the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals test kit. And I havent tested for nitrates yet becuase I havent had a trace of nitrites.
LOL I hear ya. I did a fishless cycle once, just to see what it was about and to see if I could. I did seed the tank with goop from a mature tank, and saw nitrites within a week. And like you, they just wouldn't go away. It sucked staring at that empty tank LOL I wound up getting some BioSpira, changing 75% of the tank water, pouring it in and adding fish the next day. The tank has been cycled ever since.