coolbeenes
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In the middle of cycling my first tank. I just want to hear from others on how look it took them. Also, any help on how to get the nitrite bb going would be helpful.
In the middle of cycling my first tank. I just want to hear from others on how look it took them. Also, any help on how to get the nitrite bb going would be helpful.
Fishin cycle. Tank has been up since 8/22/12. No ammonia, nitrites and nitrates high. Using prime every 24 hours to detox nitrites. Fish are all doing well.
TommyP said:Sorry for chiming in on your thread but if I purchased salt water already treated from my LFS do I still have to cycle the tank? Or is this only when you mix the water and salt/chemicals yourself?
Sorry for chiming in on your thread but if I purchased salt water already treated from my LFS do I still have to cycle the tank? Or is this only when you mix the water and salt/chemicals yourself?
Yes Tamtam I am talking about salt water, accidently posted in the wrong forum. My apologies.
my LFS sells pre-mixed salt water only it wasnt something that they took out of the tanks it was boxed.
I am still doing water changes every week. Most recently last night. I was doing water changes every day for about a week until I talked to someone from Seachem. He told me to do less water changes so I did not slow down the bb process. He said to use Prime every 24 hours and trust that my fish would be fine. He said the nitrites and nitrates would still show up in water testing but to trust that Prime would detox the nitrites and nitrates.
I am still doing water changes every week. Most recently last night. I was doing water changes every day for about a week until I talked to someone from Seachem. He told me to do less water changes so I did not slow down the bb process. He said to use Prime every 24 hours and trust that my fish would be fine. He said the nitrites and nitrates would still show up in water testing but to trust that Prime would detox the nitrites and nitrates.