Fishless Cycling Question?

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Not odd. Your tank has been processing huge amounts of amm & nitrites. Carbonates (buffers) are needed to do this. They are being used up & your ph is dropping because there isn't a sufficient amount to keep your ph stable. Just indicates its time for a big water change. Do as close to 100% as you can manage. Make sure you temperature match & properly condition the new water. Then redose to 4ppm & we will see how things look tomorrow! :)
 
jlk said:
Not odd. Your tank has been processing huge amounts of amm & nitrites. Carbonates (buffers) are needed to do this. They are being used up & your ph is dropping because there isn't a sufficient amount to keep your ph stable. Just indicates its time for a big water change. Do as close to 100% as you can manage. Make sure you temperature match & properly condition the new water. Then redose to 4ppm & we will see how things look tomorrow! :)
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Oh god !!!!! Not what I wanted to hear. Lol. In the process right now. I'm filling it back up right now. Ugh. Lol
 
Sorry! Its pretty hard to get away with a fishless cycle without a single water change. Dont be surprised if you have more in your future! lol :)
 
Day 14

After 100 % water change and dosing 4 ppm yesterday

Ph: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 40-80

What do I do now JLK ?
 
Wow, that water change really helped!!! Yep, dose again & lets see if we can get some consecutive days of steady zeroes after dosing. :)
 
jlk said:
Wow, that water change really helped!!! Yep, dose again & lets see if we can get some consecutive days of steady zeroes after dosing. :)
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Okay. I will dose it tonight. Im going to return to work tomorrow after having 21 days off work for the birth of our second son. So I will be testing my water and doing maintenance at night time around 7-8 Arizona time. I figure this will help dosing tonight so that I'm in a 24 hr period of testing every day. :)
 
jlk said:
Wow, that water change really helped!!! Yep, dose again & lets see if we can get some consecutive days of steady zeroes after dosing. :)
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Also if I continue to get consecutive days of zero ammonia and nitrites then I'm cycled right ?
 
Congrats on the new baby! :) Yes, if you continue to get zeroes steadily for a couple of more days after dosing daily, its safe to say your cycled!
 
jlk said:
Congrats on the new baby! :) Yes, if you continue to get zeroes steadily for a couple of more days after dosing daily, its safe to say your cycled!
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I guess we will see. :)
 
Just retested for S&G

PH : 8.2
AMMONIA : 4.0
NITRITES : .25
NITRATE : 40-80

Will retest tomorrow night. Fingers crossed. For. zeros.

TTYL
 
Day 15
Just got home from work

Ph : 8.0
Ammonia : 0
Nitrites : 0
Nitrates : 40

JLK is it safe to say to dose with ammonia ?
And should I be checking it after an hour after dosing or just wait till the following day ?
 
Yep, go ahead & dose! If you have the desire to torture your self some more, feel free to check again later on! Looks great, btw!!! :)
 
jlk said:
Yep, go ahead & dose! If you have the desire to torture your self some more, feel free to check again later on! Looks great, btw!!! :)
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So then I really don't have to check it again tonight after dosing ?
 
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