First Fish-Less Cycle
- Thread starter FinHunter101
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Great thread.. I think it will be interesting to find out just how long it takes to get 0.00 ammonia and 0.00 nitrite.
Me too man gettin anxious ready to get my boys back.. gonna cut back on the ammoina for a few days been doing 2 teaspoons a day for a week and ammoina is steady at 4.0 ppm gonna let it drop and see if the Nitrites drop as well this is my first Cycle w/o fish so new to me man thaks for the support will keep updating...
Don't jump the gun. It should take a month, to 6 weeks. Fish less cycling doesn't speed up the process, its still a natural process that takes time for bacteria to develop to significant numbers.
I kno man it seems like it taking forever but I already lost 2 of my RTC X TSN Hybrids so im in nor hurry to mess with the tank im just adding ammonia & Testing daily recording results till its complete...
Not sure what happened big drop in the test result today so the tank must be cycling pretty good.. Anyone care to chime in on whats happning at this point???? Compared to yesterdays results????
Today's results
6/1/12
Ph 7.6
Ammonia 0.25 ppm
Nitrites 2.0 ppm
Nitrates 40 ppm
Today's results
6/1/12
Ph 7.6
Ammonia 0.25 ppm
Nitrites 2.0 ppm
Nitrates 40 ppm
update tanks starting to cycle rather quickly...
6/2/12
Ph 7.6
Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrites 2.0 ppm
Nitrates 40 ppm
6/2/12
Ph 7.6
Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrites 2.0 ppm
Nitrates 40 ppm
