Cycled done here?

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Paulbearer

Paulbearer

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Here is the water parameters right now:

20 ppm Nitrate
0 ppm Nitrite
150 ppm GH Hardness
120 ppm KH
7.4 PH

Is there something i'm missing.....or what do you think?
 
Oops, forgot to put that on there lol. Yea, it's 0 also....I love this Cycle product. Some people sware it doesn't work, but I have used it on all my tanks i've ever done and had nothing but good results with it.
 
Yeah, it looks good. I use Cycle too. Are you stocked yet?

Just for interests sake, how long have you been set up?
 
I've been set up for about 5 days and yes I have stock in it now. I started off with 5 Black Skirts with the Cycle in the tank. And check the water yesterday morning and noticed that it was cycled and went and got a C. Moorii and Haplochromis sp. "Dayglow". I wanted to start off small and make sure it was good. Checked the water today and still the same. Going to give it a few more days then add some more Moorii and more Victorians. The is going to be my grow out for a few months until I get my two 125's up and going. But the fish seem to be doing great and i love this Dayglow, never had them before, but he is a gorgeous fish.
 
yea that seems like a full cycle for the bioload you currently have but since you didnt do it naturally I would watch it over the next few days to make sure your ammonia doesnt spike.
 
its cycled-like the other said, just watch the parameters (check them once a day for a bit) and dont go throwing a bunch of fish in there-it will spike your ammonia and start a mini cycle- just add a few fish-wait a week, add a few more.. etc..
 
Yea, I added 2 this week and will wait until next week for a few more. Going to take out the 5 Black Skirts and give them back to the LFS. Do you think I can add a fish or two in there spot since the load is handling them now? Just curious.
 
Paulbearer;2018699; said:
Do you think I can add a fish or two in there spot since the load is handling them now?
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I would.....since there's logic to it and you're watching closely. If you reduced the load by lowering the population then you'll will reduce the food supply for your beneficial bacteria causing them to lower in numbers. Then you'd need to build back up slowly again.
 
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