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Bittabit
11-08-2003, 11:10 AM
It has been a month now and my tank still isn't cycled...I am getting impatient....wanna go out and buy a bunch of fish....fish Fish FIsh FISh FISH FISH FISH! I am out of control....
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
famman
11-08-2003, 11:36 AM
Calm down, breath deeply.
Repeat after me,
I want healthy fish,
I want happy fish,
I want fish who live more than a week.
Cycle, cycle, wait for the cycle.
good luck
:)
tomm10
11-08-2003, 12:15 PM
Bittabit, I went through the same thing cycling my tank with fish. I got annoyed with the fish have to suffer through the cycle.
One option is to add bio-spira. I added it to my tank two weeks into the cycle. It didn't work as quickly as it would have in a brand new tank but three days later my tank was completely cycled. My be worth a shot if you find you can't handle the wait!
fishdude
11-09-2003, 3:39 PM
or if a freind has a fish tank use some of his water it already has some off the good bacteria in it
Find a buddy with an established tank and see if you can hook your filter up to it for a couple of days. That would get the bacteria running.
Bittabit
11-10-2003, 10:39 AM
Unfortunately I am the only person I know with a fish tank! I am almost cycled...no Ammonia, still have Nitrites and the Nitrates are through the roof. I have been changing 20% water every couple of days to bring it down. I am just waiting for the Nitrite reading to go to zero. I think I have that right, Ammonia and Nitrite have to be zero and you only get a Nitrate reading and that is when you are cycled right.
famman
11-10-2003, 11:32 AM
Right.
The general idea being if you drop in your load of ammonia in the morning and ammonia and nitrite read 0 by the following morning the tank is cycled. Extremely high nitrates are probably not good, but frequent water changes during a cycle are not required.
good luck
:)
Bittabit
11-10-2003, 2:41 PM
Except I have fish in there.....:(