Cycling with Seachem Stability

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bjbass

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So I have been cycling my 210 for a 8 days now. I have not seen my ammonia, nitrite, or nitrate go past 0 yet. I have had minnows and crayfish for the last 6 days now. All my fish are doing well and none have died, but I am worried my tank isn't going anywhere. I have a Marineland Model 4 sump with 2 bio wheels.

I did a partial water change yesterday, but still everything is zero.

Is it possible that this stuff is keeping my ammonia and nitrites at zero and I am slowly building nitrates?

My tank isn't cycled until I start seeing nitrates right? Will I ever see them at this point?
 
Are you feeding the fish while dosing with stability? (ie - providing a food source for the barterial spores in stability) yes, you should be seeing some nitrate reading. My tap doesn't even read 0 lol
 
I usually feed my fish after I dose stability, but not right away. I feed them probably about two hours later.

Yeah, my API test kit is still yellow for nitrates!
 
bjbass;4261980; said:
What if I let it go with the amount of fish I have now? Will it eventually cycle?
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Yes, your nitrates will start rising. You have added the Stability correctly and now the bacteria are present and will grow as needed to meet demands.
 
I just cycled with stability and ammonia. Took me 5weeks for a 125g.
Just make sure your checking your water parameters every day. That's what I learned from my first fishless/stabilty cycle.
 
Well, I had an ammonia spike today to .50. I added a bit of Prime to detoxify this. I am still dosing with Stability daily.
 
im also in the process of a stability cycle for a new tank and nitrites and ammonia are zero but im getting nitrates. very happy with it so far.
 
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