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Mustange457

Mustange457

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my tank has been cycling for 7 days the first day the amm was 1ppm then i seed the tank and the amm started to go down to .50 on day 3 then .25 on day six and 0 on day seven the weird part is there is no nitrite but .10 nitrate i have no idea why theres no nitrite
 
What was your nitrate before? maybe its done, if you seeded it with used media. You can always drop some ammonia in the tank and then check again if it gets processed and you still have no nitrites then you done. I have cycled new tanks with used bio in a few days.
 
It doesn't usually work that way, but it can. It may just mean that your nitrite-to-nitrate bacteria are able to process it as soon as it becomes available. Perhaps your seeding provided an adequate culture of that type to do that.
 
alright im gana add some amm now and see how long it takes to processed. That would be nice if its cycled already

thx for all ur help
 
It sounds as if you have failed to add the ammonia on a daily basis.

So the 2nd stage of the bacteria had allready raised its population enough to convert the nitrite to nitrate as soon as it was availiable.

You need to keep the ammonia level up around 4ppm by adding ammonia to the tank every 24hrs. Until you get that nitrite build up which will show as a reading in your test kit. At that point you can cut your daily amount of liquid ammonia in half. So continue to add 2ppm of ammonia every day thru out the rest of the cycle process.

You can call your tank cycled when you add 2ppm or more liquid ammonia. And 18-24 hours later you have zero testable ammonia or nitrite and the nitrate level has raised accordingly.


I prefer to keep my ammnonia level at 4ppm everyday thru out the cycle. And not cut it in half once nitrite shows up.
I do this because I allways add a heavy stock load directly to the tanks the day after the cycle has completed.

Basically If you cycle your biological bacteria colonies up to the point that they can handle 2ppm of ammonia daily. And you add a stock load that emits 4ppm of ammonia daily then you will have a cycle start all over again.

Or whats known as a stock induced mini cycle.
 
the tanks and 29g do i have to add more ammonia if i only plan one putting one this in there i was just gana put a cray in there by its self for now so its ganan be a very small bio load
 
A crayfish would have been enough to cycle the tank by itself imo.

Plus they can handle more nitrogenous waste in the water than most aquarium fish. If you do enough water changes (to remove the current ammonia) you could probably throw it in without an issue.
 
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