the puerco
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How Long is the Amonia Spike supposed to last? and the... how long before the tank finish to cycle?
Amonia Spike
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jerseysaltwater
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cycles can usually last from 2 weeks to 6 weeks. i have successfully accellerated my cycles using "Cycle", a liquid bacteria cocktail for your tank, available on the net or at your LFS.
beaslbob
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The entire nitrogen cycle actually never ends but the ammonia and nitrite spikes should be relatively short. Ammonia should spike and then go down in a day or two. I have seen nitrIte spikes in fish tanks last as long as two weeks. By not adding food to the tank, nitrItes have returned to 0.0 after 4 days. The ammonia spikes have never lasted more than two days. With my first fish in the late 70's I had a nitrite spike for two weeks. I stopped feeding the fish after the first week and it took an additional week and a half for the nitrite to drop. When it did drop it dropped in two days. It then stayed at 0.0 after i resumed feeding.