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Well Well Well... Ok Here we go..... The Update....   It is now April 2nd... I started my attempt at a fishless cycle on December 24th.... After no action in the tank for 50 days I had enough and started a fish-in-cycle as described above... As of March 30th my tank is now cycled!!!   What did I...

As an update... I've basically started from scratch with a fish in cycle attempt.... Added some Leopard Danios... I will use Prime every other day (depending on how the ammonia looks), and I also added some Tetra Safe Start....   My ammonia level's are between .25 and .50 My Nitrite is at 0ppm...

HI, Well I am at a complete loss... It is now 50 days attempting to get a fishless cycle going without any success... The process is not even starting...  Unless by some miracle things start happening in the next few days, I think I will need to give up and attempt a Fish in Cycle....   Thank...

Alright then... Day 39 .... As suggested, I've done a %50 Water change and added very little Prime to the water... I followed the calculator and added 9ml of Ammonia based upon a 5% solution (which seems to be what people are saying for the Goldex Ammonia)   It has now been 24 hours since the...

Ok... After work today I will take your advice.... As for the Dechlorinator...(I used Prime) Our water at this time of year has no chlorine in it... I assume that bypassing the Prime Dose is not recommended?

I have the API test kits for Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate... Additionally I have the test Test Strips ... the test strips also show 0 Nitrite and 0 Nitrates ... I imagine the that the pet store could also test the water.. Seeing as I'm getting the same result with 2 tests.. I imagine they will...

Hello all... An update.... It is Day 37...I did not do a water change as of yet, but I did choose to wait and see what would happen given a little more time...   The last 2 days the water in my tank has clouded up to the point where I cannot see through to the other end... (at least something is...

Thanks for all the responses... I am going to give it a few more days and see what happens.... I just checked my levels again today.. Not sure if it is wishful thinking but it looks to me like my ammonia may have dropped ever so slightly...  Is it possible for ammonia levels to drop without any...

I'm in Edmonton, Alberta... So if I found someone with an filter.. I would expect that it would have to be one that they were recently using in their tank right? Lol.. not something dried up in a box in their basement? :) .. Also, would I just need to drop it in the aquarium?

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try a partial water change. Would you suggest I add the water and prime to a separate container before adding it to the aquarium?

Numbers from today.. Ammonia - 3-4ppm Nitrite - 0ppm Nitrate - 0ppm PH - 8 Hardness- 250-300 Alk - ~180 Temp = ~83F

Firstly, thanks to anyone who is reading this.. I've been reading forums for days trying to figure out what I am doing wrong.. I read over the sticky on this forum on how to od a fishless cycle and I thought I knew what I was doing... Anyway... I'm hoping you can give me some suggestions. I...