ozark06
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I am in the process of cycling my 10gal tank fishless. I started on 2/12/07 with the 5 drops of pure ammonia per day. As of today 4/3 I have Ammonia 4 ppm and 0 nitrites and 0 nitrates per my AP testing kit. I have ordered bio-spira. When I get it and add it to the tank I plan to keep testing the tank as I have been doing and wait until the ammonia and nitrites are 0 and I get some nitrate reading. Does this sound like a good plan? I will keep putting in drops of ammonia, say 3 drops a day to keep the bio-spira bacteria fed. I will not add my fish until the bio-spira gets a handle on the ammonia in the tank.
Over a few days or a week after adding the bio-spira, should I see the ammonia levels going down and some nitrites appear and then disappear and finally nitrates appear? Kind of a quick cycle? That is what I expect to see.
I just got tired of waiting for the tank to cycle. I know it can take awhile but I never got a nitrite reading at all. So I hope the bio-spira will kick start things. Any advice or corrections to my plan would be appreciated.
Over a few days or a week after adding the bio-spira, should I see the ammonia levels going down and some nitrites appear and then disappear and finally nitrates appear? Kind of a quick cycle? That is what I expect to see.
I just got tired of waiting for the tank to cycle. I know it can take awhile but I never got a nitrite reading at all. So I hope the bio-spira will kick start things. Any advice or corrections to my plan would be appreciated.