fltcrew21
Aquarium Advice Regular
I KNOW the regulars on this board have got to be sick of hearing the play by play of us nub's efforts at cycling but one more won't kill anyone. :0)
Just before New Year's we set up my daughter's 36g bow front. All the details are listed under "My Aquarium" if anyone is interested.
Bottom line. We had 0/0/0 for 8-10 days and in the last 4-5 days Ammonia has showed up on the API test. It has gotten more concentrated the last 2 days and we're countering it with 25% (or more) water changes and Prime every other day and Stability each day on the 7 day dosing program.
The water is crystal clear and the fish seem very happy. They all eat as best I can tell and they all stick with their piers most of the time.
I am not worried about the Ammonia right now because of my above efforts but I would like to be seeing SOME Nitrites after 2 weeks.
I wonder how far away I am. And what I would really like to know is when they DO start registering, how long before the cycling process is likely to be over.
Before she got that tank for Christmas, we had two 3" goldfish in a 4g Aqueon cube thing. Once we bought a test kit, we had to do water changes in that thing literally everyday. BUT even then we had Ammonia, Nitrites and Nitrates.
When is our bigger setup going to start moving along?
Some may say the 36g is being over filtered if there is such a thing. It has a Cascade 1200 running wide open and an 8" airstone in the back under the gravel.
I have also decided to stop vacuuming until either the cycle is done or the gravel gets visibly bad.
I dumped a quick start bacteria in on day 2 and that obviously didn't do a thing.
Read more: No Nitrites Yet
Just before New Year's we set up my daughter's 36g bow front. All the details are listed under "My Aquarium" if anyone is interested.
Bottom line. We had 0/0/0 for 8-10 days and in the last 4-5 days Ammonia has showed up on the API test. It has gotten more concentrated the last 2 days and we're countering it with 25% (or more) water changes and Prime every other day and Stability each day on the 7 day dosing program.
The water is crystal clear and the fish seem very happy. They all eat as best I can tell and they all stick with their piers most of the time.
I am not worried about the Ammonia right now because of my above efforts but I would like to be seeing SOME Nitrites after 2 weeks.
I wonder how far away I am. And what I would really like to know is when they DO start registering, how long before the cycling process is likely to be over.
Before she got that tank for Christmas, we had two 3" goldfish in a 4g Aqueon cube thing. Once we bought a test kit, we had to do water changes in that thing literally everyday. BUT even then we had Ammonia, Nitrites and Nitrates.
When is our bigger setup going to start moving along?
Some may say the 36g is being over filtered if there is such a thing. It has a Cascade 1200 running wide open and an 8" airstone in the back under the gravel.
I have also decided to stop vacuuming until either the cycle is done or the gravel gets visibly bad.
I dumped a quick start bacteria in on day 2 and that obviously didn't do a thing.
Read more: No Nitrites Yet