Sorry Luca, the rest of us do not require your special learning tecniques. You can put them to good use picking up a few reading and comprehension skills.
Fishless Cycling Shortcut
- Thread starter Luca Brazzi
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Actually, I didnt put in too much effort... it just happened, and I recorded the outcome. It should easily be reproduceable. At some point during EVERY fishless cycle, the colony of Nitrite oxidizers grows to the point where it is large enough to handle the load of fish you plan to initially stock with. All Im saying is that once that point is reached... STOP... no need to go any further... just do some large waterchanges and add your fish.
Your powers of comprehension have certainly come along way since this thread (back when you were still ignorant enough to be civil). You managed to ignore every poster in that thread and discover a shortcut that took you twice as long.
Perhaps I shouldn't have taken the bold of this quote from that thread:
Rocket science. The new land speed record for a fishless cycle: two weeks lopped off two months! You had the longest fishless cycle I've ever heard of and you didn't even finish. I'll be sure to study your technique.
I picked up right away on your belief that your fish were half dead when you bought them, I've just never heard you say why they were half dead or what they were half dead from or why you'd want your "pet-quality" fish in there with them.
I'm also not clear where your getting your ammonia figures from. Are they your measurements from a cycled tank?
Perhaps I shouldn't have taken the bold of this quote from that thread:
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Rocket science. The new land speed record for a fishless cycle: two weeks lopped off two months! You had the longest fishless cycle I've ever heard of and you didn't even finish. I'll be sure to study your technique.
I picked up right away on your belief that your fish were half dead when you bought them, I've just never heard you say why they were half dead or what they were half dead from or why you'd want your "pet-quality" fish in there with them.
I'm also not clear where your getting your ammonia figures from. Are they your measurements from a cycled tank?
I've had fish die of nitrite poisening, wouldn't your proposed method expose the fish to high levels of nitrites?
good luck
good luck
I understand what you are trying to say now.
You are stopping the fishless cycle when it can process x amount of nitrite (x being equal to something less than 5ppm).
That's it.
In my experience, (and I'm sure others here will agree) once it can handle 1 or 2 ppm of nitrite, it is a very short time (a few days maybe) before your tank will have 0 measureable nitrites.
Question: what is the rush to shave a few days off a cycle? When you think you are going to have your fish for years and years (at least if you are maintaining them properly), what difference does a few days make? Patience is one of the keys to successful fishkeeping. If it is that important to have fish right now, use established filter media in the new tank.
You are stopping the fishless cycle when it can process x amount of nitrite (x being equal to something less than 5ppm).
That's it.
In my experience, (and I'm sure others here will agree) once it can handle 1 or 2 ppm of nitrite, it is a very short time (a few days maybe) before your tank will have 0 measureable nitrites.
Question: what is the rush to shave a few days off a cycle? When you think you are going to have your fish for years and years (at least if you are maintaining them properly), what difference does a few days make? Patience is one of the keys to successful fishkeeping. If it is that important to have fish right now, use established filter media in the new tank.
Luca Brazzi - I've gotten numerous complaints regarding your postings. Read over what you've written, and think about why I got so many emails regarding your posts.
Consider this thread closed.
-Richer
Consider this thread closed.
-Richer
