fishless cycle

Hi all, After about six weeks, the nitrogen cycle has completed in my 10 gallon tank!  I have charted the progress over time on a google spread sheet and I have made a nice little graph that shows what happened.  It took about 6 weeks to cycle.  Hopefully, any beginners like me can look at the...

Hi all,     Thank you so much for all the info on this site.  I've been running a fishless cycle for the past 3.5 weeks and thought I was good to go. Last night I did a 90% water change and added a few more plants. Last night's numbers: Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - off the charts ph - 7.6...

I'm in the process of doing a fish-less cycle.    Here is a quick timeline....   January 19th-20th: All items for our filter came in, cut holes in the glass, set up the filter, setup the tank, monitored for leaks and such since it was a DIY. Had a couple slow leaks here and there, and fixed...

Hi guys, I'm new to the site, and general tropical fish scene. I've got a 23L Fluval Edge tank, and did relevant homework on fishless cycling. I bought a water testing kit, and am waiting on my pure ammonia. In the mean time I filled my tank with gravel and the first layer of plants. First...