fish cycle

bigwiz420

bigwiz420

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iam doing a fish cycle i know i know but the lfs talked me into it before i sighned in here well its been two weeks and i finally got a test kit and tested the water ammonia is 0ppm nitrite 1.0 nitrate is 20 or 10 it was real close but i started the 40 gallon tank with 20 feeders his rec but any how three have died was just wondering if i was close are am i just spinning my wheels with useing these fish?are iam i close to being cycled
 
Looks close, try to keep RITES to .25 or below with wc's, are you using a liquid test kit ? and water conditioner ? What type of filtration are you using ?......:)
 
Weeser said:
Looks close, try to keep RITES to .25 or below with wc's, are you using a liquid test kit ? and water conditioner ? What type of filtration are you using ?......:)
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yep liquid test kit water conditoiner is API tap water conditoiner filters are two canisters one cascade 500 and the one i put on today is the rena xp1 let me know how i should help it along
 
You have 17 feeders left, those should produce a bio-load, wc's, rites at or below .25 ... A cycle usually takes 4-6 weeks.Hang in there....:)
 
Weeser said:
You have 17 feeders left, those should produce a bio-load, wc's, rites at or below .25 ... A cycle usually takes 4-6 weeks.Hang in there....:)
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yeah iam not in a hurry just makeing sure iam doing every thang right except for the fish cycle oh well ill get the rites down thats enouph for a bio load good so get the rites down and iam in good shape?
 
Yep, you may need to do 2 or 3 wc's a day to keep the rites under control, i would suggest using Prime water conditioner when you need more, our fish seemed to like it better.....:)
 
eeek... make sure your feeders aren't sick or anything...
 
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