Uncycled tank
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jetajockey
come get me tang police!
You are asking the wrong person that question, I don't do fishless cycling at all, I don't really know what they usually recommend. As long as there's ammonia in the tank then the bacteria have something to eat.
librarygirl
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Hi, yes you can top off water, just use dechlorinator.
I'd dose the tank back up to 4.
**Edit: as to your question about the angelsplus filter, I see no drawbacks in using it. I've used it successfully to fishless cycle a tank and many others on here have as well. In fact I still have mine in even though I don't need it anymore. Figure I can use it for a quarantine tank or to seed another tank if I ever need it.
I'd dose the tank back up to 4.
**Edit: as to your question about the angelsplus filter, I see no drawbacks in using it. I've used it successfully to fishless cycle a tank and many others on here have as well. In fact I still have mine in even though I don't need it anymore. Figure I can use it for a quarantine tank or to seed another tank if I ever need it.
librarygirl
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Sounds good. You're only about a week in so your numbers are normal (actually seeing nitrite this early is a good sign if it isn't in your tap water). It usually takes 2 weeks for ammonia to drop, then nitrite shows soon after. The seeded filter should hopefully help a lot. Keep us posted.
librarygirl said:
When I first added the ammonia and tested the water there was no nitrites so I guess it can't be from my tap water ? It showed up and tested positive on the API master test kit a couple days after first dosing ammonia up to 4.0ppm
librarygirl
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Not sure, it would be a bit odd having nitrites this soon but may not be impossible. You could just test your tap water to find out for sure.
jetajockey
come get me tang police!
They are supposed to come out through the top of the tube.
jetajockey said:
I think I set it up right it's coming thru the top of the tube I hope I have the air tube in far enough and the pipe in the sponge far enough! Should I add the water from the bag that the active sponge came in to my tank to help cycle my tank , the water is gross !
jetajockey
come get me tang police!
You can add it if you want, I don't think it'd hurt anything. The beneficial bacteria is primarily in the filter media but some of it could have been dislodged through handling. If you don't want to gross your tank up though then that's understandable.
The pipe should just go down to about the center of the sponge and the airline tube should go down into the tube near the bottom.
The pipe should just go down to about the center of the sponge and the airline tube should go down into the tube near the bottom.
Mikey214 said:
Tank results two days after adding the angel plus active sponge filter . . . .
Ph - 7.6
Ammonia - 0.25 ppm
Nitrite - 1.0 ppm ( I think either 1 or 2 really can't tell )
Nitrate - 80 ppm
Woah ! I'm excited ! I just added more ammonia I'll test in a half hour to see the results ! I aimed for 4.0 ppm !
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