CYCLING TANK...Missing ANYTHING?

[Jay88]

I have started cycling my 60 gallon. These are the steps i did:

(Fishless Cycling)

1. added Nutrafin Aqua Cycle (and will add, as how instructed on the bottle)

2. Left that for 10 hours or so and then added a handful of gravel from my small already cycled tank

3. Added some crushed fish flake food

Now what should I be doing next? (My water is a LITTLE cloudy, is that normal when the nitrogen cycle starts?)

Thanks.

 

[probassfisher010]

What I would have done is taken some of your existing filtration, whether it be the bio wheel, bio balls, filter pad etc and put it on the new tank, and it's pretty much ready for some small fish, just take it slow but the existing filter media should seed the new tank way faster then the method you chose


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[Jay88]

umm but that filter, is for my 25 gallon tank, and i dont have another one to run on that tank, if i use that filter for the new tank

 

[Fat Homer]

umm but that filter, is for my 25 gallon tank, and i dont have another one to run on that tank, if i use that filter for the new tank

Nah, what he meant was to take a bit of the media from your old filter and put it into your new filter to basically kick start the whole process... Helping the process move along much faster


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[MonsterMinis]

Shake your filter pad from your other tank in the new tank.. You want the nasty sludge to cloud the water. Since your water is cloudy the cycle has likely started... Just keep feeding the tank and test your water. Ammonia will kill BB once it hits iir 80ppm.. But I wouldn't let it get over 40. If it does do a water change... Other wise don't do any wcs during the initial cycle process if going fish less. Once your ready to add fish (cycle complete) do a 75% wc then add the fish. You should be at less then 20 ppm nitrates and 0 amm and nitrites.... There is some wiggle room but that's the ideal water chemistry your looking for. The more you feed the tank the better your initial colony will be... So add fish slow.. Or add small fish to grow.

 

[Jay88]

Shake your filter pad from your other tank in the new tank.. You want the nasty sludge to cloud the water. Since your water is cloudy the cycle has likely started... Just keep feeding the tank and test your water. Ammonia will kill BB once it hits iir 80ppm.. But I wouldn't let it get over 40. If it does do a water change... Other wise don't do any wcs during the initial cycle process if going fish less. Once your ready to add fish (cycle complete) do a 75% wc then add the fish. You should be at less then 20 ppm nitrates and 0 amm and nitrites.... There is some wiggle room but that's the ideal water chemistry your looking for. The more you feed the tank the better your initial colony will be... So add fish slow.. Or add small fish to grow.

Day 2:

1. I have added a handful of gravel from my running tank along with two pinches of flake food ..grinded up.

2. Added 2nd day dosage of Nutrafin Aquacycle (one more dose left, for tonight...day 3)


Ammonia is around 0.25...

 

[Jay88]

ok this is weird...no ammonia spikes....and nitrates are a lil over zero... now i had water in my tank from two weeks ago...but no filter or heater was running then..

is it possible its been cycling from that time...with no ammonia or anything added besides gravel n driftwood?

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