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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / April 2004Tank cycling
I've been cycling my first 180L tank with 4 damsel fish for 10 days now, I have been testing the water every 2 days with 'red sea' test kits but I'm either not reading the results correctly of I'm misunderstanding the concept. My readings ph 8.2 ammonia 0.2 nitrite 0.2 nitrate 0 I got those readings 2 days after setup and the same set of readings on every other occasion (5 times now), I was under the impression that the ammonia level should rise faster than this? or do these results seem ok, has anyone got any tips on reading testkits as I'm a total beginner I seem to be having a bit of trouble (no I'm not colour blind!) I am using an external filter for the bio filter and a skimmer if that helps. I've got no live rock either. I have been feeding the fish just once a day. You have a 45g tank with four small fish. It'll take time for the numbers to rise and change. Just keep tracking it, and when Ammonia and Nitrite are ZERO, and nitrates have come down, it is safe to add more livestock. I actually used graph paper and logged my results, and was able to observe the rise & fall that way. Marc > I've been cycling my first 180L tank with 4 damsel fish for 10 days now, I > have been testing the water every 2 days with 'red sea' test kits but I'm [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > helps. I've got no live rock either. I have been feeding the fish just once > a day. -- Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com Have you added anything to the filter yet ? Something like Cycle, it might help the filter get ready for life ahead. The natural process can take a while, for me it took the best part of 6-8 weeks for the ammonia to drop to 0. But I used ammonia instead of fish. > I've been cycling my first 180L tank with 4 damsel fish for 10 days now, I > have been testing the water every 2 days with 'red sea' test kits but I'm [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > helps. I've got no live rock either. I have been feeding the fish just once > a day. Those poor damsel fish. Good luck getting them out if you would like to keep more peaceful fish in there. Another and perhaps a better way to cycle your tank would of been to use a few peices of raw eating-bait shrimp or some uncured liverock with a good skimmer. Anyway best of luck to ya GeeWhiz >Have you added anything to the filter yet ? Something like Cycle, it might >help the filter get ready for life ahead. The natural process can take a [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >once >> a day. |
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