Question on Cycling.

bumpylemon said:
i just checked the all the stuff in the new tank and the old tank. the levels are the same. in fact i swear that every time i test my tank the colors are always the same. im using API 5 in 1. so right now my amonia is at 0 in the new tank....so can i put fish in it?
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Bumby.

There seems to be a trend here, and it seems the trend is that you're somewhat hesitant and skeptical of the advice you've been given.

You'll not cycle your tank any faster one way or the other, but you will kill some fish along the way if you choose to be so impatient. Slow down and do things right. You'll be much more satisfied in the long run.

Good luck……..
 
im not skeptical. i know that cycling is what it is...but i didnt know this till after i set up my tank 2 weeks ago....i didnt cycle that one...so my question is now do i just leave them all in there or would it even matter if i switched them to the new tank....and again are crayfish tough *******s? also i heard corys are tough. i just feel like if they are suffering in this tank whats the difference if they suffer in this one to and cycle this one. you know? i HATE LFS!!! also my ammonia isnt high at all on my other tank...so why hasnt that occured?
 
Ugh, that sucks:(:(:(. What a way to be thrown into the hobby.

Water changes every day would be best for the stocked tank. Invertebrates can be tough and I bet the crayfish is(he may also start eating your fish) but tend to have a sensitivity to ammonia, aka not what you want to cycle your tank. Cories are tough but scaleless, and so again are sensitive to ammonia.

Do you have plants in your tank(sorry if I missed this)? That could explain that. Also look at the expiration date on the test kit.
 
i have 1 amazon sword in my tank. all the fish seem to be doing well. at least thats good. i guess. and apple snails are very fast lol. the only thing which im sure doesnt matter is that the substrate that i am using my parents have had for YEARS with many different fish in it. but i would guess that bacteria would have died. so i dont know.
 
ya the test kit is not expired.

also i have 3 crays....and i just found 2 claws not attached....i looked around and all the crays have their claws. do they molt that fast? cuz this morning they were not their.
 
i have amquel PLUS. "removes nitrate, nitrite and ammonia...." should i throw some of that in my older tank?
 
Might still have a lot of bacterial spores in it. IME tanks cycle a lot quicker with used gravel, even if it's been years since it was used. Given that tanks can originally get their bacteria from bacterial spores in the air, it follows that these bacteria can form spores, and bacterial spores in a dry place can last for decades. Centuries even. Millennia. Possibly millions of years in some species.
 
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