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Well today marks 10 weeks since I first set up this tank. I made a decision a couple of weeks ago that at 10 weeks if I was not seeing double 0's I would just empty the tank out and come to the conclusion that fish just aren't for me. I did my water readings a hour ago and nitrite is still off...

100% water change done earlier today, I didn't have time for water readings after, had to get to work, but I added enough ammonia when the water change was done to bring the ammonia up to about 4ppm. Now 12hrs later I tested for ammonia, it was 0, Nitrate is about 20-40, Nitrite was off the...

pH is 8 temp is 84 The filter seems to be making as much action on the water surface as always, doesn't seem to be any problem with a bunged up filter, should I be cleaning it? Ceramic rings

Today marks 8 weeks and 3 days since the initial dose of ammonia in my new tank. Things were going well for about 2 weeks, my ammonia was dropping from 5ppm to 0 in 12 hours, for those 14 days, then suddenly 2 weeks ago it started taking 24 hours to drop each time, now today on the 24 hour mark...

Well for quite a few days (8) the ammonia was going from 4ppm to 0 in 12hrs or less. Now as of 2 days ago it suddenly is taking 24hrs to get back to 0. Is this common? Not really wanting to go backwards

Funny you should mention the Nirtite sticking. Mine was off the charts for days then suddenly in 12hrs dropped to about .25ppm, two days later it is remaining at about .05ppm. Not a worry for me, I will just have no choice but to wait it out and let it get to 0 before I consider myself in my...

Yes, working towards that finally. Not at 0 yet but darn close to it.

I am getting excited, today my nitrites are dropping after my last dose of ammonia 12hrs ago. Nitrites down to .25ppm yay me!!!! getting there, maybe only a couple of weeks to go now!

Oh yes, I had it at 5ppm right from day 1,(actaully this tank was set up about 2wks prior with 5ppm ammonia, but I didn't start recording on here until I switched the charcoal to ceramic rings) it sat there doing absolutely nothing for the first few weeks, added some fish flakes a couple of...

But it's been 5 weeks and 3 days since I set this tank up. But not to worry, I won't be adding anything in there until posters here tell me it's a go!

Chewing through ammonia now every 12hrs, just waiting for Nitrite to fall!!!!!

only 24hrs for ammonia to drop to 0ppm this time, I will start checking every 12hrs now.

Measured the ammonia today and it was 0ppm. Finally I am seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. So it took 5 days to drop to zero after adding last time. I re-dosed it back up right away and will check daily now for levels to drop again.

I am hoping these reading today are good news, please let me know I added some fish food the other day as suggested by a previous poster. Todays readings Ammonia 4ppm PH 8 Nitate 0 perhaps 1.ppm Nitrite 5+, off the chart I would say, slight movement a couple of days ago in this and now its...

Willing to try anything at this point, in went some fish flakes! :good:

No problem The tank I replaced the charcoal insert with ceramic rings the day of purchasing this filter

Well it's been 27 days now since I first set up this tank. Initial does of ammonia is still sitting at about 3ppm, water temp. is 84, nitrate is 1ppm, and nitrite is slightly showing at about .10ppm. This is taking so very long to show any sign of the tank cycling, I read all the other logs...

I'm a thousand miles from nowhere

I'm trying to be patient here, and I will not be adding fish until this tank is completely cycled. But I just wish it would show some movement so I get a glimmer of hope :lol:

No light on the tank at all, it's on the far wall of the room where the sun does not hit it and the canopy light has not been turned on at all. I did drop the water level on about the second day and I am definitely getting lots of action in the surface water. My test kit is the API...

Getting a bit discouraged here, just 2 days short of 3 weeks since I set this tank up and still the ammonia is reading about 3ppm from the initial dose. It doesn't appear to be coming down too fast at all. This certainly is taking a very long time to begin the cycle process. :sad:

OK, thank you both for the replies

I started a fishless cycling record last week, I have a 10 gallon tank, I slightly lowered the water level to make lots of water movement. I keep the temp a constant 84 degrees Fahrenheit. I was thinking after a week (which is today) I would see some drop in the ammonia, but as you can see from...

I will be heading to the store tomorrow on my day off to get the needed ceramic rings, thanks

I have purchased Marineland Penguin 100 bio-wheel power filter. I have just started the set up for my 10 gallon tank. Added ammonia the other day and will give it another day or so before I test again and see if I need to re-dose the ammonia to bring it back up to 5ppm. They cycling process I...

What is it that makes the salt water fish so spectacular in color compared to the fresh water fish?

Thanks and I will be getting the liquid testing kit tomorrow and scrapping the test stips, thanks for the advice :good:

I wasn't sure of how much to dose with so I started with 1/4 teaspoon of ammonia in a 10 gallon tank. I waited 20 minutes and tested using stips and the reading was almost non-existent. I kept adding 1/4 teaspoons at a time and waiting for at least 20 minutes each time to test the water...

I started my fishless cycle yesterday afternoon, it is now registering around 5ppm. But I gotta tell you the odor of ammonia through out the room is taking over the entire main floor, the tank has a lid but of course that isn't completely tight fitting considering the cutout area to accommodate...

I gotta say, I am not enjoying the smell of ammonia taking over my room, :sick:

This is a picture of what the filter looks like in my new tank, it's only a beginner set up....baby steps

Tom, thanks for the reply, I am about to let you and everyone else know how uneducated I am in this area. What is filter media :blink: . The filter I have looks like a small bag of charcoal so when I buy a new filter or charcoal bag I am kind of confused about swapping old media to the new...

I have been reading at this forum for a few days and started my aquarium today. I bought ammonia and added enough to bring my readings up to 5ppm. My questions are: 1. When I do my large water change once the tank has cycled, will I also be cleaning it, there was mention that it could very...