My cycling update thread...

Slaphppy7 said:

The bacteria we grow to cycle our tanks is a "bit" more than "moist"...it's aquatic

I still doubt that modern aquarium lighting, or even room lighting, have any effect on the rate of BB growth we encourage to cycle fish tanks...after all, the initial growth is within our filters, which should not have much direct light, if any...depending on the filter, and it's location to any light source

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Slaphppy7 said:

At any rate, it appears your cycle is going according to plan...stay the course, be patient, you've done a fine job with your first cycle, IMO

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Rocky998 said:

Sorry, I didnt have time to test the nitrates earlier... Here they are... It seems to be between 5 and 10ppm
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itiwhetu said:

or 10-20ppm.

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Slaphppy7 said:

With the nitrAte test using the API kit, you must be certain to shake the second bottle of reagent like crazy before adding to the test tube, or you will get inaccurate results

Shake hard for one minute, bang the bottle on a desk, shake some more....

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Rocky998 said:

I hit it with a baseball bat then put it in San Francisco hoping for an earthquake.

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Slaphppy7 said:

Ammonia definitely dropping...

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Rocky998 said:

Do you think I can move to stage 2? Its at .50.

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Slaphppy7 said:

I'd give it a day, just to be sure

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Rocky998 said:

ok... I mean tommorow its gonna be a like 0.25 but I'll still wait

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Slaphppy7 said:

Remember...patience is key in this hobby

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