Cycling my tank is killing me!

carshark

carshark

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Originally Posted by SoO High
calm down sharky lol your right ... im wrong i thought he wanted to know how many shrimp my bad i still wound of put more then 1 shrimp in the beggining IMO

dont need the wrong advice circulating about, his post clearly stated as well as your reply clearly knew that he was 2 weeks into his cycle and you were telling him to keep adding shrimp....im calm just been a lot of bad advice floating about and wanted to correct it quickly...
 
carshark

carshark

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I dont want to come off like i know everything, please i hope nobody thinks I do. I am far from being an expert.....we are all good..
 
billy2k1

billy2k1

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Ok,i'm back two days later and these are my test results:
amonia .50
trites 0
trates 0
Still waitting but i think things will be a lot better by next week.
I forgot to mention before that i'm also using Biozyme.Is that as good as some people think it is?
 
billy2k1

billy2k1

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Here i am running into my 3rd week and still same test results.
Amonia .50
Trites 0
Trates 0
I'm feelling like going into my lfs, buy a few damsels ,make a partial water change and put them in and see if this !-#$ cycle is finally going to show up or what!.It is crazy,i'm reading other threads and i see people talking about new tanks getting ready to go in just two weeks,what in the !-#$ am i doing wrong????
 
billy2k1

billy2k1

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Salt water master test kit from Aquarium Pharmaceuticals and i hate it all ready,some colors from the color chart almost the same :mad:
 
robert dri

robert dri

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Billy -
This hobby is not one to rush. Take it from someone with very little patience...Listen to the advise of all the previous posts, but don't add any more dead stuff, and wait for mother nature to take her course. I am 4 weeks into my cycle....I am dying to add livestock....I know that I have to wait for the system to stabilize.
My water after 4 weeks
ph 8.2
ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 5.0
Nitrates: just a trace
Be patient and watch it work
 
billy2k1

billy2k1

Member
Ok guys.I was so tired and frustrated with my test results that i decided to read a lot more about cycling tanks to see what in hell i was doing wrong.I end up even more frustrated because i realized that every single thing that i was supposed to do was already done,so how come i always had the same results?.Get ready for the answer
.My freaking test kit is a piece of !-#$%.Yes ,the test kit that i have been using from day one is good for nothing. I was so upset that i told my self,"i'm going to buy another test kit and if i get the same results i'm going to grab a hammer and i'm gointg to take care of my bacteria" and guess what!
here are my results:
Amonia=.25
Nitrites=0.1
Nitrates=2.5 Low range 12.5 High range
Ph=8.0
Alk=Normal
So finally i am happy because i know that my "TANK IS NOT DEAD"

I learned my very first lesson."Don't be cheap buying test kits"
It is one of the most important things for this hobbie.
RED SEA you are my hero

I'll be back in about a week with my new results,i can't wait to buy my "fishies".
:cheer:
 
jhebi

jhebi

Member
hello all
my readings are PH8.0, Anmonia 0.50, nitrite 2.0, nitrate 80....this is my 4th day...
should i change the water or no??? 55gl...the readings changed dramatically on the nitrate and nitrite
 
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