cycle taking longer than i thought?
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mikeyjer
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Originally Posted by weasertt
after 4 weeks my tests resulats are
ph 8.0
ammonia .50
nitrites .50
nitrates 10
shouldnt they be coming down by now, the damsels seem happy actually there eating alot and swimming about. could i be doing something wrong?
Your gonna get flammed at for using Damsels to cycle your tank. Sometimes it takes a bit longer to cycle a tank, just be patient. :happyfish
after 4 weeks my tests resulats are
ph 8.0
ammonia .50
nitrites .50
nitrates 10
shouldnt they be coming down by now, the damsels seem happy actually there eating alot and swimming about. could i be doing something wrong?
Your gonna get flammed at for using Damsels to cycle your tank. Sometimes it takes a bit longer to cycle a tank, just be patient. :happyfish
newfishguy
Member
Ammonia should be 0 by now. What kind of test kit are you using?
Originally Posted by weasertt
after 4 weeks my tests resulats are
ph 8.0
ammonia .50
nitrites .50
nitrates 10
shouldnt they be coming down by now, the damsels seem happy actually there eating alot and swimming about. could i be doing something wrong?
Originally Posted by weasertt
after 4 weeks my tests resulats are
ph 8.0
ammonia .50
nitrites .50
nitrates 10
shouldnt they be coming down by now, the damsels seem happy actually there eating alot and swimming about. could i be doing something wrong?
airforceb2
Active Member
How much LR do you have?
jokerj
Member
sometimes it takes a bit longer to cycle a tank but it would help if you could post all info about tank. Live rock? sand or crush coral? ect. Also how much are you feeding. I made the same mistake and on my first tank started with Damsels. I also found I was feeding way too much and could not get my levels down because of that. You may even want to get the LFS to check levels to make sure you do not have a bad test kit or something. Hope this will help.
airforceb2
Active Member
As stated before, what brand of test kits?
adamc1303
Active Member
Try adding some cycle speeders or starters. I used Fritz 900 it is hard to find since it is frozen and has a shelf life, but it is not a chemical it is live bacteria so it is more natural. With that load of livestock add it turn off your skimmer for the first 6 to 8 weeks of cycle any way, and u.v. sterilizer for a week after you add that product and you should be ok. This is all assuming you have a good system wet/dry or canister without a good
sytem it will always be hard to get it rite.
airforceb2
Active Member
I wouldn't add anything to the tank yet. Red Sea test kits aren't the best out there. It is very possible you don't have any ammonia in there at all and you are getting faulty readings. Can you take a sample of water to a fish store and see if they can test it for you? If there really is ammonia in the tank, you don't need to add anything like Fritz 900 because it will just make your ammonia higher and you don't need that.