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My tank has been cycling for around 4 and a half weeks. After about 2 weeks my Ammonia started to drop although ever so slightly and very very slowly the Nitrite crept up. Within the last week the Ammonia seems to be processed quite rapidly so I am topping it up daily. The nitrite however is...

Tapwater generally contains Carbon Dioxide which is why you usually see all the small bubbles clinging to the side of your tank after adding it. As the Acidic CO2 gas is released from the water then this has the knock on effect of raising the PH of the water (making it more Alkaline). For this...

OK, yesterday (Saturday) I visited my friend with a mature tank. He has an undergravel filter and so I pinched about 2-3 cupfulls or gravel from the bottom. I put these in a small plastic chinese takeaway type container (clean of course!) along with some tank water and drove back home with it...

I think half the problem with the biomature is that after adding it daily (as per instructions), after 1 week my Ammonia levels were completely off the chart. It took only a few days to build the levels to 4ppm and I guess on that basis my levels probably ended up being over 10ppm after 1 week...

So you think two weeks is about average for Ammonia to start processing? It's like watching paint dry! Can you tell I am a man of little patience :P

Tested again this evening and still nothing doing. Ammonia still at 5ppm and Nitrites at zero. I have decided to cheat and ordered some Bio Spira which should speed things along. Does anyone know if I should just drain the tank and refill before I add the Bio Spira or leave as is? I guess the...

Thanks for the replies. I am using a master test kit (liquid) to sample my water so it should be accurate. I just tested again this evening, the Ammonia is still very high at around 5ppm even though I have not added any for 48 hours. I can deduce therefore that at the moment there are none of...

I have Ammonia because I added it myself in the form of the Biomature which is just basically Ammonia Salts. The thing is after a week I thought I should be seeing at least some Nitrite. I did wonder about adding the PH down but I guess it's too late to do much about that now. I was concrned...

Add on....... I just checked the PH and it was at the top end of my high range card, probably about 9. I know that about 4 days ago it was at 7.5 so for some reason it has gone up, could this have had any impact on my cycle? Incidentally I just used some PH down to bring the level to 7.5 again.

Well it's been a week for me now and still no Nitrate, I'm begining to think I am doing something wrong but can't think what!

OK, I just checked my PH and it was off the scale (even on my high range card). The odd thing is that about 4 days ago it was at about 7.5 :blink: Have just added a little PH Down to reduce it but does anyone know if this could be delaying the cycling or if it is just the high levels of...

Hi, Just after some advice really..... I have had my 320L tank set up for exactly 1 week now. I decided to try the fishless cycling technique using a product called Biomature (this is just fancy Ammonia really). I have been adding the Biomature to my tank as stated on the instructions which...

Ahhhhh you can't cull them! Where are you based, I'll take some off your hands if you are local(ish) although it will be a while before I can take them as my tank is not cycled yet.

Hi, Just after some advice really..... I have had my 320L tank set up for exactly 1 week now. I decided to try the fishless cycling technique using a product called Biomature (this is just fancy Ammonia really). I have been adding the Biomature to my tank as stated on the instructions which...

Thanks for the replies and good advice! To be quite honest I am not entirely sure what I want out of this fish tank but I would say for me visual impact and diversity are the important points. I would like to be able to see several species of different fish than just one or two and would like...

Tank you Donna! This forum has a wealth of information. Since I started researching into what is involved in keeping tropical fish I have learnt a ton of mainly from reading other peoples questions and the subsequent answers in here! I know I'm jumping the gun since I don't even have my tank...

Hi all, Although I am completely new to fish keeping I have been toying with the idea of buying a tank for sometime and today I took the plunge and ordered a 320 Litre corner tank like this... A couple of my friends have kept tropical fish for years and so I hope to learn as much as I can...