Almost Done Cycling Tank

[simonjonkman]

Whats going on ehh?

 

[rsands]

Sounds like a bacteria bloom.

Whats your current readings? Fish or fishless cycle?

 

[indigo]

bacterial bloom nothing to worry about, things should settle nicely in a few days

 

[simonjonkman]

YES! haha..the readings are 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate, 0 ammonia, and 7.6 ph. ive had some fish in it for a while but didnt cycle the tank properly

and its fishless cycle..im using a bottled supplement..

 

[rdd1952]

If you are doing a fishless cycle and your nitrate is zero, you aren't finished cycling. At the end of a fishless cycle, the nitrate should be off the chart high, well over 100ppm. The bacteria in a bottle products are useless.

Are you adding ammonia (or something to produce ammonia like fish flakes) to the tank to do your fishless cycle? If not, then you're just pumping water as there has to be a food source for the bacteria to form. I know you said in another post that you didn't trust the Add & Wait method but regardless of what type fishless cycle you do, you MUST have an ammonia source. Without it, there is no food for the bacteria so they never develop.

 

[indigo]

are there fish in there now?

 

[Nosnibor]

And saying that you don't trust the Add & Wait method is just plain crazy speak. The proof is in the thousands upon thousands of words written in this forum alone.

Read my words: IT WORKS!

Good luck

Martin