cycling tank & holidays question

[purple_drazi]

like jim, i'm going away for thanksgiving this weekend. yay!

but
I'm two weeks into cycling the tank (fishless cycle). I'll be away from Sat. morning until Mon. aft. Am I going to have to start all over?

 

[canarsie11]

I guess thanksgiving is different in canada

Do you have anyone that can feed your tank with ammonia while your gone

 

[purple_drazi]

Do you have anyone that can feed your tank with ammonia while your gone

no, not at all.

 

[yhbae]

Not expert here with fishless cycling, but can't you "overfeed" ammonia before leaving? That should be enough to get bacteria to continue multiplying during your absense....

 

[canarsie11]

I read over feeding ammonia can back fire on cycle

 

[yhbae]

I read over feeding ammonia can back fire on cycle

I wonder why???

 

[purple_drazi]

help?

...ok, I guess the worst that could happen is that I either over stock with ammonia to see if that gets the bacteria through the weekend... and maybe have to start over,
or I leave it, everything dies and I start over.



I have this feeling I'll be starting over next Monday

 

[Crystal]

I might be the odd one out, but I started a fishless 3 days before I was gone for two weeks. no ammonia was fed when I was gone, but I came back to it mid nitrite cycle. I have no idea how it happened, but it didn't need to re start.