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Hi guys, I have a 64liter planted tank with fish and bristlenose catfish, dose daily and weekly jbl fertiliser, I have jbl aqua basic plus with jbl mando lights on 11hour timer, I stopped adding co2 for a while as the kit I had wasn’t great and bottles only lasting me a few days, I’ve now...

Think I’ve might have finally cycled it, what you guys think?

Hi, I’ve done a 50% water change because nothing was happening I think it’s because I might have put to much ammonia to begin with, I’ve tested the water after the water change, my ammonia is now 0ppm and my nitrite is .25, what should I do? Add a bit of ammonia to get it up to 1/2ppm or wait...

Now I’m really don’t know what to do, my ammonia is 1ppm , my nitrite is 2ppm, and my nitrate is 160ppm, I have attached photos do you agree with the results? What do I do, wait for The ammonia and nitrite to drop? or do a 25% water change? The things that are in the tank is a heater, filter ...

I already have high nitrates I tested it a couple of days ago, no my media wasn’t exposed to chlorine, I will do all 3 test this evening and see what the results are before I do a 25% water change?

I’ve tested it again this evening, my ammonia is still on 1ppm but now my nitrite is on 2ppm which now I’m baffled again, is this normal?

Yeah my fish and plants are in the other tank still, I already have high nitrates it’s over 40ppm, what if I get zero ammonia and high nitrite , should I add more ammonia to get up to 2ppm and wait for the ammonia and nitrite to go to zero, and keep adding ammonia if it shows zero and high nitrite ?

I’ve checked it this evening , I think the ammonia has dropped down to 1ppm but I can’t really tell I have attached photos, and the nitrite has gone up even more to around 5ppm what you think?

I hope it didn’t die, the swap literally took a few seconds as the tanks are next to each other, I’ll check ammonia and nitrite reading tomorrow evening and see if it has gone down

Do you think that would speed up the cycle, how long you think it will take for it to drop to zero Thanks

Yeah that will still leave some media in the tank with fish in there, if I move all the fish and plants over to the new tank too, wouldn’t that kill all my fish as the ammonia and nitrite are still high?

Sorry guys just a other question Sorry guys just a other question my ammonia is now at 2ppm and nitrite is almost 5ppm, is it too late to add the filter media from my other tank that has been establish for over a year, it’s a 40liter tank, I will be transferring the fish from that tank to...

Fantastic thanks, do you guys think it’s better to finish of the cycle first before adding live plants?

One is with flash and one without

Yeah maybe, would you say from looking at the picture that the ammonia is 2ppm?

I’m using 9.5% ammonia , I used bottle bacteria (safe start ) at the beginning, I didn’t add any media/gravel from a other tank, yes I’m shanking my testing solution, I’m testing with api testing kit, my ammonia has dropped to between 2/3ppm

Thanks for the reply I’ve tested my water straight from the tap also Its showing zero nitrite, I’m not using any media or gravel from a other tank

Hi guys I need some advice, Im doing a fishless cycle with ammonia, i have a 64liter tank with fuval u2 filter, Jbl aqua plus and Mando substrate i addd ammonia on day 1 got it up to 4ppm I’m now on day 7, my ammonia doesn’t seem to be going down, it’s between 3/4ppm, but I’m getting readings...

Hi all, Just wanted to add some pictures of my plants, to show you all and your opinion how they look, I just added the JBL proflora bio 80 today it says it takes 24/48 hours to start the process of producing co2 and already it's starting to produce co2 after a couple of hours. Thanks

Hello Yeah they are cool and small, they love to swim on the lower bit of the tank, I'm from the UK I got them from a pet store, they have loads for sale, with all the same writing apart from one of the stones I got as a gift (hemsby stone),

Hey Thank you they are called white orange rams (sunset rams) Thanks

Yeah I'll see if there's any improvement over the next week or so, also I've just noticed before I adding the JBL pellets, on two of my plants, 3 leaves have some brown type algae? It can be easy removed with my fingers with gentle care, and I had some on my ornaments (the zebra small have...

I'm in the UK btw Yeah I'm also unsure what are the full amount of ingredients used, but I must say since adding the JBL balls in the gravel I've already noticed air bubbles on some of the leaves and I'm not injecting CO2

Sorry just a couple of more questions, I feed my plants with daily JBL ferropol 24, weekly JBL ferropol and today I just put 4 JBL kugeln balls I have dug them into the gravel next to the roots, The guy in the aquatic store has told me I need to removed my media filter because it won't help the...

I will do that, just waiting for the right time to do it, The plant I planted a couple of days ago already has a few roots growing all over the plant. Surely that's a good sign lol?