Ok, I was cycle a tank with a fish for the past 6 weeks. The Nitrites were sky high for a long time and I finally broke down and added some cycle for the good bacteria. Viola.... within a week my nitrites went way down and my nitrates went up. I don't know if the cycle helped that much, but it was pretty frustrating to see it not change week after week. I'm sold on it though.
Nitrites finally down
- Thread starter mriversinco
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Congrats. Just make sure its stabilized for another week atleast before stocking. Even then I would start small. There are alot of mixed results with these products. However at 6 weeks depending on a few different things the nitrites should be falling anyways if all was done correctly. I am assuming this is a fish cycle. Whats your stock and tank size?
29 gallon grow out tank for the classroom with 2 pike cichlid going in. I've got a 75 that'll be getting set up next month to put the pikes in for long term, but for now the kids are excited that we can start adding fish. You'd recommend to wait a week though?