Help with cycle
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Yup, the one piece I used previously and have owned for a couple years. The other is brand new. I scrubbed and soaked both of them prior to putting them in the tank. Strange.
When I say it showed up after adding the ammonium, I mean IMMEDIATELY. I think my first dose was late at night, and by the next morning it was there. Not a slow gradual growth, but 0-100 overnight. Hasn’t gotten worse or better in the 10-12 days since.
I am familiar with prime, i have that on hand and ready to go. I also plan to start with just 8 or so swordtails. I’ll keep it at that for a while then I’ll be adding a few juvenile Sajica to grow and hopefully get a pair out of.
Whenever I add new driftwood, I get that same algal/fungal growth. It usually doesn't last long.
Most cycles take 6-8 weeks to complete, so it looks to me like you are right on target with the gradual rise in nitrite..
Most cycles take 6-8 weeks to complete, so it looks to me like you are right on target with the gradual rise in nitrite..
I’m glad to hear someone else has had this growth too! Oh man, well I’m only about two weeks in right now. A few days after I began dosing ammonium I dosed API Quick Start. I know there’s question as to whether or not it actually works, but in the day or so following, my ammonia starting dropping. Maybe just a coincidence....Right now my ammonia is dropping from 2ppm or so to 0-.25 within a few hours, I guess I just keep dosing to about 2ppm (multiple times a day?) until my nitrites drop to 0?
Hi, its a variation of brown algae...I got it too once all the ammonia during cycling was used up. Mostly I got it on my brown vines. Just pull or scrub it off, it doesn't hurt anything. In fact my vines had gotten REALLY fuzzy at one time!
Yeah I may have to remove it when I do my water change right before getting my first fish in there....thanks for the advice!
