Hi all,
I was curious to see if anyone had tried the Silent cycling method in a brackish set-up? I have just attempted it for the first time and it seems to have been successful.
I have a 400l aquarium which I initially filled with several large Java ferns and Java mosses and put in some rotting shrimp and cycled water from other tank set-ups I have. After a few days I put in a couple of mollies. A few days later one of them gave birth to about 25 fry. I transferred most of these to other tanks and left a few in. 2 and a half months later I have only seen small amounts of ammonia (water test) and very little if anything on the API strip tests for nitrites/ nitrates (im aware that strip tests arent always great-but ive been using them regularly).
The fish all seem fine and I have had an algal bloom which they have helped to curb (as has reduced hours of light)..
2 and a half months later am I right to assume that the silent cycle has been successful?
I was curious to see if anyone had tried the Silent cycling method in a brackish set-up? I have just attempted it for the first time and it seems to have been successful.
I have a 400l aquarium which I initially filled with several large Java ferns and Java mosses and put in some rotting shrimp and cycled water from other tank set-ups I have. After a few days I put in a couple of mollies. A few days later one of them gave birth to about 25 fry. I transferred most of these to other tanks and left a few in. 2 and a half months later I have only seen small amounts of ammonia (water test) and very little if anything on the API strip tests for nitrites/ nitrates (im aware that strip tests arent always great-but ive been using them regularly).
The fish all seem fine and I have had an algal bloom which they have helped to curb (as has reduced hours of light)..
2 and a half months later am I right to assume that the silent cycle has been successful?
