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...vel from an established aquarium, and i don't bother testing for ammonia for about three weeks, when the cycle should be in its last stages. I always get zero ammonia, but now I wonder if that's due t...
... includes vacuuming the gravel) - do water changes using 'Aqua-Plus' by Hagen - dose aquarium with some 'Cycle'(again by Hagen). Some people say that this product is useless but I've used it with exce...
... or Clout first? Clout says it will likely affect nitrification and I'm a bit concerned about losing the cycle. My Q-tank is small and I'll have to stress the fish (and myself since I have to lug RO w...
...e blog, too good to be buried here in two months. http://www.myaquariumclub.com/more-about-the-nitrogen-cycle-46.html...
Hi, I started a tank of six piranha about one month ago. The tank was cycled for a week beforehand using cycle in a bottle and had live plants in it from the start. The water has a blackwater tint due
...eem to be growing really well. Our fish stock consists of, 4 rummy nose tetra, (which we started our cycle with) 6 neon tetra, 1 goldspot plec, 1 alge eater, 1 Julli catfish, 1 Whiptail catfi...
I have a couple of Zebra danios in a 10 gallon tank. After it cycles, I was thinking about adding 6 or so long finned zebras. Would the long finned and the regular finned get along and school together
...the molly fry over, but was wondering what considerations I need to make? The smaller tank has not been 'cycled' yet, but I'm presuming the biological load imposed by 16 tiny mollies will be pretty ne...
...edication. Now my Sea-chem ammonia alert is showing that there is ammonia in the tank. This tank has not cycled yet with this fishload that I have in it. Am I getting an ammonia spike because of the n...
...e is why. I have a 29 gal tank, with gravel substrate, heater, HOB Aqua clear filter. I did a fishless cycle, where I went thought the whole process, and ended up with 5 ppm of nitrates, 0 each of a...
...om reading so I presume low ph saved all the fish with less toxic ammonium. My question is can I even cycle a tank effectively while performing twice 50% water changes a day? Some more informati...
Hi, I have an issue with my 55 gallon regarding brown algae. I know it is not unusual, but I cannot seem to get rid of it. Also, I have reason to believe that despite the tank being set up for severa
...as I bought my son a 120 gallon tank , set it all up and about 1 week later thru in 4 sets of guppies to cycle the tank . In the following 2 weeks the tank was going great . It got alittle cloudy at f...
THIS IS A FISHLESS CYCLE ...usually a 6 week time frame. In order to perform this process as a fishless cycle, a source of ammonia needs to be added to the tank daily. This can be acheived using fl
...ne. If my filtering capacity is not enough then I could add that filter to the 55 after the smaller tank cycles. At the moment, there are 4 tiger barbs, 4 black tetras, 2 pl*co in the 55. Also, the ...
... my first angels. My nitrate level is high, I have done many water changes, added plants and have tried CYCLE, AMQUEL PLUS, MELAFIX. Nothing has helped with the nitrate or the angels health. My pleco...
....1, NO2-0, NO3-0, KH - 15 degrees, GH - 12 degrees, Ph - 7.3, CO2- 23 ppm. I do not believe my tank is cycled yet and that could be the problem. I am looking for advice from more experienced aquaris...
Hi All, I request your feedback and comments on the following nitrogen cycle questions. I will be starting my first tank soon and want to do this correctly. 1) As I understand my chemistry, activa
is it true that putting fish that doesnt need a fully cycled water can make cycling more faster for other fishes who need a fully cycled water? i was told i could used some fishes to make cycling easi
Have a bit of an issue that just arose. My tank has finally completely cycled...and now I have some brown algae stuff growing on my plastic plants. I have a 10gal tank and right now only 4 Zebrafish i
...aquarium supply houses, Drsfostersmith.com, recently published a good, short explanation of the nitrogen cycle. The article doesn't have much techno-speak, so it's easy to read and understand. The sub...
I have newly established 110-gl aquarium which I am trying to cycle. Since time was not of importance for me, I only put few 'suicide' fishes in the tank to jump-start the cycling process. After few w
...evel. Eventually you want a test kit for this also. Do not add more fish until your tank is completely cycled. This could take as long as 60 days. Zebra Danios are practically indestructible fish ...
...mperature,I have mine set at 28 deg C. Think you are adding too many additives,cut back and let the tank cycle. Also its not wise to have tiger barbs in with other fish. I had 5 when I first set up a ...
Is it possible for a tank to cycle like overnight? I have had my 75 gal. tank up for about 40 days now. I have 3 green chromis and 2 yellow tail damsel and 12 snails. Also about 70lb. of LR. with a we
... began a treatment of Maracyn 2, and added Copper Safe as well. I have just finished the first Maracyn 2 cycle, and he does appear to be more active now although in the afternoon he is sitting in the ...
My 5g tank has cycled with one Blueberry Tetra after approx. 1 month. I have introduced one Rasberry Tetra and one Red Wag Sword this past Saturday. The Blueberry Tetra and the Red Wag Sword have been
...t and the pix match what I have), small airstone. This tank will be used as a quarantine tank once it is cycled. 3. 55 Gallon, Penguin 330b power filter - 2 bio wheels, 2 plants, 4 smallish tiger barb...
Hi All: I setup a 10 gallon aquarium for my daughter about a month or so ago. It is fully cycled and we have a few fish in it. When I first put it all together I added 1 tablespoon of aquarium salt
When is a tank considered cycled? - When Ammonia and Nitrites drop to zero and Nitrates are climbing, or does the Nitrates have to achieve a specific target PPM first? Can I now safely add more fish
... but I haven't found a need to try it once I got my first tank going. I use fish (usually culls) to help cycle new tanks but don't consider them the most significant factor. I have found my best resul...
WOOHOO - I don't know how many of you remember my saga, but after a fishless cycle, which I thought was good to go, I bought fish and had another major cycle. I completely cleaned out my tank, refille
...ed out the foam inserts). I also lost an Oranda and went through a Coppersafe and Maracyn 2 medication cycle. This past Thursday, I did a 20 gal water change on my 55 gal tank. What I have in my F...
...natly a disease killed them all :( I've now converted this tank to keep tropical fish and am trying to cycle it before I buy all the fish I want I've put 3 tiger barb's in the tank just to get thi...
..., of course)... OR... is it going to really mess up the tank that bad, make it smell? cause the nitrogen cycle to go haywire? kill the other fish? Help! Any advise will be great....
... a water change I did add the stuff to take out the chorlimeine and other stuff, additiaonally I added a cycler hoping to get the good organisms back into the the tank... I feel helpless, I have jus...
...I added 90 lbs of live Fiji rock on Dec 21. Since it is a new setup I did not cure the rock figuring I'd cycle the tank with the rock. Lights out since the rock was added. (Well ocassionally a peek in...
...ve mentioned water conditioner or bio-support on a regular basis after my tank has completed the startup cycle? Or perhaps on a periodic basis? NOTE: I have a Penquin Mini bio-wheel filter, no other...
...e away for the second week of its young life. We haven't seen any ammonia or nitrite spikes indicating a cycle. After about three weeks, we added a peppermint shrimp and an emerald crab, along with a ...
I set up my aquarium yesterday, and it's showing ammonia readings today, hooray. I'm doing fishless cycle, so it's all a bit of an experiment because I couldn't find ammonia, so I popped in a couple o
.... The tank has been set up and running for close to two months now- already had the amm./nitrite/nitrate cycle. But recently (past two weeks or so) there has been a huge outbreak of brown (diatom?) al...
...ed by low light levels). The only thing I can possibly think that is causing it is that the tank isn't cycled yet, but, I have live plants in there that is helping to cycle the tank. I only have abo...
...better looking tanks than walmart or the LFS BTW), I was planning on getting six or eight tiger barbs to cycle my tank with, but they had very small ones for 99 cents, so I bought ten of them. I was a...
... Additionally, I have a TetraTec P350 external filter that has been doing a great job. The tank recently cycled and shortly thereafter the water began to cloud. In the tank, I currently have: 1 medi...
...e and big tank. so now i start working i bought a new 250 Gallon tank. The question is. How do I start cycle. I checked ph and it is 7.8. What do I need to do to start the aquarium running. Is there...
My 75 gal. tank hasnt even begun to cycle and its been over 30 days. I have 12 snails 3 green chromis and 2 yellow tail damsels. I did use soft water for the initial setup but have since then used onl
Hi. I posted recently about starting the fishless cycle in my new 75 gallon tank. Here is what I have done so far: Set up tank with gravel, airstones, and filled it. Added water conditioner to rem
...ed, and what should we do next. Are the other fishes (tetras and corys) going to survive? Will the water cycle play itself out now and when will it be safe to reintroduce fishes? Whatever happened to ...
...ank, *if* you can not get bio-seeding from an established filter! As a matter of fact, both BioSpira and Cycle doesn't work as fast as adding the squeezings from an established filters media. Adding t...
... have my second tank and it has had fish and plants in it for two months. I have been waiting for it to 'cycle' but apart from some reading, I don't know what to expect because my first tank had exist...
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