tank cycle

[glen.1984]

hi guys,

only just signed up to this site today so hello everyone!!

i currently own a jardini and have been prepairing him for his move into a new 600l tank with new filter, the tank has been cycling for about 5-6 weeks now and wondered if anyone knew how long it would take for my tank cycle to complete and when the jardini should go into the new tank? many thank glen

 

[Convict Cichlids]

how to you cycle a tank
quickly

 

[aclockworkorange]

Are you dosing with ammonia and testing every water params every day? What are your numbers at?

 

[glen.1984]

Are you dosing with ammonia and testing every water params every day? What are your numbers at?

ammonia - 0 mg/l nitrite - 0 mg/l nitrate - 25 mg/l

its going to be 6 weeks sunday since the tank has been set up and was planning on moving the arowana into the new tank. wise idea??? might do a test sunday.

 

[aclockworkorange]

Are you adding ammonia every day still? If you are adding ammonia and it is converted to nitrate in 24 hours it's fine to add fish.

 

[glen.1984]

the first 2 week of the tank being setup i used live bacteria, after that i added : 18 danios 4 platys 6 neons. they have been in there ever since, i done some research on the readings i have and its telling me that my tank has cycled.

 

[glen.1984]

the first 2 week of the tank being setup i used live bacteria, after that i added : 18 danios 4 platys 6 neons. they have been in there ever since, i done some research on the readings i have and its telling me that my tank has cycled.

 

[glen.1984]

Are you adding ammonia every day still? If you are adding ammonia and it is converted to nitrate in 24 hours it's fine to add fish.

the first 2 week of the tank being setup i used live bacteria, after that i added : 18 danios 4 platys 6 neons. they have been in there ever since, i done some research on the readings i have and its telling me that my tank has cycled.

 

[aclockworkorange]

If you have fish in there and you have no ammonia or nitrite readings, and you do have a nitrate reading, your tank is cycled. If the bioload (the amount of waste the fish produces) of the jardini is greater than that of the fish already in the tank, you may have a mini cycle when you put him in (the amount of bacteria in the tank only grows to the amount of waste produced by the fish in the tank... if you suddenly have a higher amount of waste than usual, your bacteria will have to play catch up... it will still be cycling some of the ammonia in to nitrate, but not enough, and you will have some ammonia and nitrite), but probably not enough to worry about. Just go light on feeding for the first week and monitor the water.
If you do notice ammonia when you put in the jardini, just do 25-50% water changes daily with Prime until they go away.

 

[brianp]

ammonia - 0 mg/l nitrite - 0 mg/l nitrate - 25 mg/l

its going to be 6 weeks sunday since the tank has been set up and was planning on moving the arowana into the new tank. wise idea??? might do a test sunday.

These parameters look good...however, you don't have much of a fish population currently to sustain a viable biofilter. If this was my tank, I would transfer the Jardini and the following day, add 250 ml of Seachem Stability and monitor chems over the next week. Don't let the nitrate exceed 40 ppm.