Just wonder about the cycle time of my tank. I just set up a 46 bowfront 6 days ago. I added 3 lemon tetras after the first day and on the 4th day I added 3 small albino cory's. I am running two power filters. One is a aquaclear 70 that I took of my well established 58 gallon tank and I also have added a Emperor 280 and I am using a filter pad from my 58 from my emperor 400. I checked my nitrites and nitrates today and they were just slightly elevated. Just wondering what can I expect from my cycling and the time frame for it to complete.
Cycle time
- Thread starter steve617
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Give it a good 2 weeks. With the added bio you added from other tanks 2 weeks is a good time frame.
Since you're already cycling with fish, I HIGHLY recommend picking up a bottle of Seachem Stability and dosing as directed. What is your ph BTW?
PH 7.0 amomnia 0. I also did a partial last night. I have been using Prime. I'll pick up some stability today.
Values of Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrates
From the general look of it, you should be close to completing it since your ammonia is zero and your nitrates are present. Now all you need to do is for nitrite to be zero. Add some salt to make current nitrites less toxic.
From the general look of it, you should be close to completing it since your ammonia is zero and your nitrates are present. Now all you need to do is for nitrite to be zero. Add some salt to make current nitrites less toxic.