Is my tank allready Cycled?

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So for X-Mas my Boyfriend Bought me a 55g tank off Craigs list. The lights were burnt out and there was many scratches, but he did get a good price, even for the stand it came with. It came with about 10 juvenile Guppie fry, and one Medium sized Pleco, which i wasnt to happy about. but he was freaking out cause he had them in a bowl, and didnt know what to do, so i got my present early. I setup the tank and used all the same stuff, including the gravel which was still wet and in a bucket. I changed the filter pads in the over the back whisper. And the carbons on the undergravel filter. Its been setup a month now, no ammonia ever nor nitrate, but i did put live plants in there. My Question is, has the tank allready been Cycled, or am i just still waiting? And I want to get some Angel fish, the PH is 7.6 and i hear Angels like 6.5, should i try to change this? Thanks for anyone that can help.
 
If you have not had fish in the tank or added a source of ammonia, then no, your tank is not cycled nor will it until a source of ammonia is added.
 
Nue said:
So for X-Mas my Boyfriend Bought me a 55g tank off Craigs list. The lights were burnt out and there was many scratches, but he did get a good price, even for the stand it came with. It came with about 10 juvenile Guppie fry, and one Medium sized Pleco, which i wasnt to happy about. but he was freaking out cause he had them in a bowl, and didnt know what to do, so i got my present early. I setup the tank and used all the same stuff, including the gravel which was still wet and in a bucket. I changed the filter pads in the over the back whisper. And the carbons on the undergravel filter. Its been setup a month now, no ammonia ever nor nitrate, but i did put live plants in there. My Question is, has the tank allready been Cycled, or am i just still waiting? And I want to get some Angel fish, the PH is 7.6 and i hear Angels like 6.5, should i try to change this? Thanks for anyone that can help.
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First thing to do is get a good liquid test kit so you'll know where you stand on your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels you will not know if you are cycled unsless you know where you stand on these. Click this link to read up on cycling http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84598. I would not mess with the ph as long as it is consistent the fish will adjust.
 
Thanks for the Welcome :)

Yes its had the Guppy fry and the Pleco in there, since i setup the tank, a month ago. But the gravel is the same from the previous owner. And it was still wet, the tank was only empty for about 5 hours.
 
Get a good liquid test kit, like APIs.

Test the tank and your tap water and post the readings for us.
 
Sorry, I should have mentioned i am testing with API liquid test kits. Ammonia comes up with 0 ppm, but for the nitrate all the testing i could find was the strips. and it says 0, same with the tap water.
 
Thanks everyone for all your help!
Ive been testing with the quick strips for nitrite and nitrate, msjinkzd. I dont think its working, so i just went and bought some API Liquid Tests, and the nitrite bottle is busted and leaking all over the box, :( so another trip to the LFS. Ok So now im using all API liquid testers.

Ammo 0ppm
Nitrite 0ppm
Nitrate is a little hard for me to read, but im pretty sure it read 5.0, if i look at it from the bottom of the bottle its deffinatly a 10ppm.

Thanks again everyone.
 
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