Aquarium Cyccling

[joncairns]

I recently upgraded my external filter to a Fluval 305 and placed the ceramic pieces from my old filter into the new filter. I have noticed the nitrite and nitrate levels have risen slightly. Disturbed by this I put some Nutrafin cycle biological supplement in to try and stabilise both.My question is this:

Once the levels are both back to zero is there a need to use the biological supplement on a weekly basis (as it says on the container) or will I be ok with just doing the regular water changes ?

Thank you.

 

[Mikaila31]

once the tank is stable you can stop adding it. Most of those products don't do much anyways.

 

[dumdididum]

once they are stable, stop adding it


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[Honeythorn]

Put the cycle in the bin it's utterly useless. It doesn't contain any bacteria, and if it once did during manufacture, they';d have died long ago.

Just keep up with frequent little water changes until the levels reach normal again.