My 75G is finally done!

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
littlewangzfan said:
That's a very nice looking stand. Do you have a build thread on that?
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Here is the build article My dad and I followed...
http://www.arbreptiles.com/cages/75g_stand/index.shtml

His measurements were slightly off to what I wanted so we changed things up a bit, but for the most part we followed these plans to get my stand built. I think I mentioned in my original post but don't remember, but in total it cost about $80 to get this stand built. The cheapest one at my LFS is $160 and is IMHO garbage.
 
UPDATE: Its been 2 weeks since my tank has been filled up and begun its fishless cycle. Exactly 1 week ago from this exact time I started getting a Nitrite reading. 1 day later. ( the 21st) My Nitrites were showing 5.0ppm+ (maxed out on my chart) So now it was been 6 days since my Nitrites was peaked and It is still peaked at 5.0+ :/ grrrrrrrr. My ammonia is still under control. Every morning I put a little ammonia in and it shows Zero by morning. My Nitrates havent changed much over the past 6 days at all. Staying around 5ppm-10pmm, which is telling me that there is no bacteria killing the nitrites yet... :/ bummer. How long do you think the nitrites will peak before it starts coming down?
 
Lol I told you it was a grueling process. Nitrites take the longest by the far. It can happens tonight, tomorrow or another week. Well worth it in the end, just tough it out lol.
 
strollo22 said:
Lol I told you it was a grueling process. Nitrites take the longest by the far. It can happens tonight, tomorrow or another week. Well worth it in the end, just tough it out lol.
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ya ya ya, haha. I was hoping I coulda proved you wrong but I guess not, ha. When it does happen, does it really happen overnight? Or will it go down slowly over a few days?
 
UPDATE: 16 days in... Still not much as changed. Still adding a tiny amount of ammonia every morning and still showing the same test results every day. It almost seems as though the cycle has stalled to a complete stop...
Here's a water test pic from just now. The same results I've been getting for nearly a week now.


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That's how it is. The fact that you're starting to show nitrates is a good thing. If you want to try to speed things up a little, I've had good results with Tetra safestart. It's not an "instant cycle" like they claim but it helped me get through the nitrite cycle a little quicker.


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