Looking for a little advice. I set up a 240 gallon aquarium about 2 months ago. I seem to be having trouble getting it to cycle. I first tried a fishless cycle without ammonia, I just used the excess food method. I did that for about 6 weeks. Now I am trying the fish method. I have added around 20 fish into this tank. That has been about 2 weeks ago. I have also tried using media from an established tank to help speed up the process.
My setup for filtration is 1 fluval fx6 and 3 hydro pro v sponge filters. I only have media in the center basket of the fluval fx6. I do plan to expand that to media in the bottom basket too.
I might be being paranoid. According to my test strips I have 0ppm ammonia 0ppm nitrites and very minimal nitrates. If I remember correctly once the nitrates start showing up I am near the end of my cycle. My test strips are the jungle brand.
I would like to get my stingrays in there as my grow out tank. I just don't want them to get ammonia burn. It is time to get them out of my 75 gallon tank though.
My setup for filtration is 1 fluval fx6 and 3 hydro pro v sponge filters. I only have media in the center basket of the fluval fx6. I do plan to expand that to media in the bottom basket too.
I might be being paranoid. According to my test strips I have 0ppm ammonia 0ppm nitrites and very minimal nitrates. If I remember correctly once the nitrates start showing up I am near the end of my cycle. My test strips are the jungle brand.
I would like to get my stingrays in there as my grow out tank. I just don't want them to get ammonia burn. It is time to get them out of my 75 gallon tank though.