I've never encountered this before, I set up my 180g about 2 weeks ago; i transfered about 30 gallons of old tank water from an established tank as well as an XP3 and a Tetra EXpower 50 canister. I used a BB product called Bios and 6-7 inch gold fish to get the cycle going. after the first three days my ammonia was at 3ppm and nitrites at .5 ppms. 3 days after that my ammonia was @ 2 ppms nitrites at 1 ppm and nitrates were starting to become detectable. i didnn't check my parameters again until today, Day 15, and my ammonia is 0ppm, nitrites, 0ppm and nitrates about 20ppm's. Is this tank cycled? seems to fast. i dont want to start adding livestock unless im sure that the cycle is done. any help would be great! Oh and the primary filtration is a 40g sump that had all new media.
2 week cycle?
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hmm...seems fast to me. but it did already spike and level off. its alot easier to trust tests kits if you start with clean uncycled media/water, but that just takes to long for me...best bet is to try it out (just not with a asian aro, heh). happy bday bro!!!
I got my 150 to cycle using 5 convicts and a pro 3 in only 9.5 days, with no added bio sources, everything had no bacteria on it. New gravel, new tank, new filter/media, new water.
