Fishless cycle

[g930751]

Hi everyone currently doing a fishless cycle with ammonia and want to know when I finish the cycle what do I do,

Won't be able to get fish till sunday maybe saturday , if my cycling finishes on a Monday Tuesday

Do I do the water change as you normally would and let it sit till I get fish ?

Do the water change and then add ammonia till the day before and then add fish the day after ?

Or just keep adding ammonia till the day before then add fish the day after ?

Thanks

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[eaglesaquarium]

Easy answer for this one. If the cycle finishes more than 3 days before you intend to get fish... add a 'snack dose' as directed in this thread: http://www.fishforums.net/threads/cycling-your-new-fresh-water-tank-read-this-first.421488/

If the cycle ends less than 3 days before the day you intend to get fish... just do the big water change at the end and proceed to get the fish.

 

[steelo]

Hi everyone currently doing a fishless cycle with ammonia and want to know when I finish the cycle what do I do,

Won't be able to get fish till sunday maybe saturday , if my cycling finishes on a Monday Tuesday

Do I do the water change as you normally would and let it sit till I get fish ?

Do the water change and then add ammonia till the day before and then add fish the day after ?

Or just keep adding ammonia till the day before then add fish the day after ?

Thanks

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The way I understand it is, keep adding ammonia until ~48 hours before buying fish. 24 hours before adding fish, do a huge water change and do NOT add any more ammonia after that. Wait a day, add fish and you should be good to go!

 

[g930751]

[emoji106]thanks

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[steelo]

[emoji106]thanks

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Forgot to mention, I would also double check and test the ammonia and nitrites to make sure they're at 0 right before you go buy the fish.

 

[g930751]

Yeah definitely thank you

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[eaglesaquarium]

The way I understand it is, keep adding ammonia until ~48 hours before buying fish. 24 hours before adding fish, do a huge water change and do NOT add any more ammonia after that. Wait a day, add fish and you should be good to go!

Directions like this can lead to overdosing the tank, creating a pH crash and a stall of a cycle.


I'd recommend sticking to the directions we have on the site, they are specifically designed to limit the amount of ammonia used, limiting any chance for a pH crash and cycle stall.