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Old September 4th, 2008  
Fish Helper
 
yes im using fishfood still

no im not using stability anymore

i try and test once a week at the very least sometimes twice

my tap water reads....


ph 7.8

ammonia 0 ppm

nitrites 0ppm

nitrate between 0 and 5.0 ppm
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Old September 4th, 2008  
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I've never cycled with fish food. Hopefully someone who cycled with fish food will see this and weigh in.

You're 3 weeks into the cycle? Remember, cycling can take a long time, over a month.

I'm not sure what to advise. Maybe increase the amount of ammonia?
Using Prime with a fish less cycle and stability could have set you back.
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Old September 5th, 2008  
Fish Helper
 
hmmm yea i think ill just have to give it some more time and see what happens
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Old September 11th, 2008  
Fish Helper
 
woot! sucess it seems

my readings for today

ph 7.4

ammonia 0-0.25 ppm

nitrite 0.25 ppm

nitrate 5-10 ppm

cycle has finally started (i think)
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Old September 11th, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
YAY!
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Old September 12th, 2008  
Moderator
 
Yippee...yes, it surely has. Patience, patience!
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Old September 15th, 2008  
Fish Helper
 
update!

ammonia 0

nitrites 0

nitrates between 5-10 ppm

i think my cycle is finally done

although it seems kinda fast to go from just getting nitrite to finished cycling doesnt it?
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Old September 15th, 2008  
Moderator
 
It does seem fast, but your readings look good!!



Good job.
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Old September 15th, 2008  
Fish Helper
 
awesome! thx for your help everyone
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Old September 15th, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
Stability is NOT like Cycle, and yes it works... but not in a fishless cycle, not unless you feed it high levels of ammonia. Prime probably doesnt help much either because it converts ammonia into ammonium... the bacteria can still process ammonium, but not quite as easy as they can process ammonia... so in essence you are starving some of the bacteria you put in.

Congrats on finishing the cycle by the way, just thought I would throw in the above info for reference =)
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