A Stalled Fishless Cycle
- Thread starter shockwave191
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So the question comes down to this for me shockwave191. Where are you located? Maybe if we knew, one of us with a cycled tank would be close enough to swap filter elements with you to give you a jump start.
rbishop,
I don't believe it does have surficants added in. I tried to do a googel search on this stuff and was not able to find much. What little I did find gave me the indication that it was good to use. One thread a person actually called the company for the ingredients and they would not state what they were??
OldMan47,
I actually live in San Jose, California. I believe those responding are a ways away. My neighbor has a 100 gallon or so aquarium so, when he does some cleaning I try to get some substrate or let my filter pad soak in his water.
As of now I added one plant. Others are on there way. I have not purchased any fertilizer as of yet. Others have mentioned what brands/kind to get so, that will be down the road. I'm hoping, snice I bought the plant from Petsmart that this may seed my tank. Not sure but I will check my water parameters in a bit.
Again thanks
the saga continues.
I don't believe it does have surficants added in. I tried to do a googel search on this stuff and was not able to find much. What little I did find gave me the indication that it was good to use. One thread a person actually called the company for the ingredients and they would not state what they were??
OldMan47,
I actually live in San Jose, California. I believe those responding are a ways away. My neighbor has a 100 gallon or so aquarium so, when he does some cleaning I try to get some substrate or let my filter pad soak in his water.
As of now I added one plant. Others are on there way. I have not purchased any fertilizer as of yet. Others have mentioned what brands/kind to get so, that will be down the road. I'm hoping, snice I bought the plant from Petsmart that this may seed my tank. Not sure but I will check my water parameters in a bit.
Again thanks
the saga continues.
Good News,
It is finally starting to cycle. Today after checking water parameters it reads as follows.
Ammonia 1-2ppm
NitrIte 1 ppm
It may have been the plant that got it going, not sure. Anyway further questions.
1) Should I continue to add ammonia to it at this stage and to what level? I
don't want to loose or kill off the good bacteria.
2) How high or to what level should the NitrIte spike to in order to get a
healthy quantity of NitrAte?
3) Should I purchase some fertilizer for the plant(s)?
Again thanks
Chris
It is finally starting to cycle. Today after checking water parameters it reads as follows.
Ammonia 1-2ppm
NitrIte 1 ppm
It may have been the plant that got it going, not sure. Anyway further questions.
1) Should I continue to add ammonia to it at this stage and to what level? I
don't want to loose or kill off the good bacteria.
2) How high or to what level should the NitrIte spike to in order to get a
healthy quantity of NitrAte?
3) Should I purchase some fertilizer for the plant(s)?
Again thanks
Chris
