gwat6

The people at petsmart did not tell us about cyclin my tank. But when we went to get my bros fish they told us.Will my fish die? is there any chance of survival?

gwat6

plz reply me asap.

russ757

dear gwat what kind of fish do you have and how many?

gwat6

lol stop or i will

Lucy

If you're cycling with fish, you must do daily testing and water changes to keep the ammonia levels down.
Keep a log of your results.

Using Prime as your water conditioner will help because it neutralizes the ammonia.

Good luck.

Lucy

huh?

russ757

lucy im his bro and i was tryin to fake him out

gwat6

ya lol

Lucy

Brats


Edit: I do mean that lovingly lol

gwat6

my fish have been doing good by this afternoon if they survive, the nitrogen cycle will be over.

is 2 days enough?

Lucy

What're your readings for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates and what are you using to test?

russ757

we are gonna get our water tested this weekend(ispeak for gwat too)

gwat6

ya i was lookin at sumthin else we dont have a kit we can have petsmart do it though

Lucy

Two days isn't nearly enough time for the cycle unless you've seeded the tank with used filter material from an established tank.

Some members have had a quick cycle using Bio-Spira, but I don't have personal experience with it.

gwat6

ok iwill stop being so anxious then

Lucy

I know it's hard to wait it out. Just keep up the daily water changes, get yourself a test kit, the API is highly recommended.

First your ammonia will rise, in a few weeks you'll see the nitrite levels rise and the ammonia levels start to drop. After a few more weeks you'll see the nitrate levels rise and the nitrite levels drop.
When you having readings of 0 on both ammonia and nitrites with some nitrates showing, your cycle is done.

Good luck.

gwat6

srry my mom wont let me cycle the water

David C

If you dont want to go through the entire cycle process, you can speed it up with tetra safestart, it replaced bio-spira. I've had good results with it.