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[matt1713]

then well i put a cup in everday to cycle it and its cycled so ?

 

[Musho3210]

wow you must have tons of bacteria in there....

Seeing that someone else did it and got the opposite effect, im guessing its a bad test.

 

[afishdude]

then well i put a cup in everday to cycle it and its cycled so ?

did you ever test your water? or did you just dump it in every day?

 

[rdd1952]

then well i put a cup in everday to cycle it and its cycled so ?

Once again, I hate to disagree but I just don't see anyway that a tank would cycle with a cup of ammonia every day. After 4 days you would have added 946ml of ammonia. For a 9.5% solution that should have put your ammonia at about 946ppm after 4 days. Even a level of 8 to 10 ppm will usually inhibit bacteria growth for a while as the bacteria are overwhelmed.

Also, there is only 8 cups of ammonia in a 1/2 gallon jug. Most of the ammonia you buy is actually in 32 oz jugs which is 4 cups. Did you use a full bottle in 4 to 8 days and as already asked, did you test the water to know what your levels were and how long did it take to get ammonia and nitrite back to zero? A level of about 40ppm on nitrite takes about 2 weeks to return to zero. I can't imagine a level near 1000ppm.

 

[matt1713]

well i had a giant bottle like huge i think it said a gallon, yeah i tested my water. i think its cuz i have a really powerful filter that has alot, but i started out putting like a little more each day

 

[afishdude]

did you test how much ammonia you were putting in? how many ppm?

 

[matt1713]

yeah first it started out a little and it raised the ammonia around 4pm and i waited a few days added more. then i added more and pretty soon i was able to dump a cup load in and within 12 hours it read 0ppm. the test strip did read 8ppm cuz that was the max but i immagine it was a lot more

 

[Musho3210]

it was a test strip so it probably wasnt accurate matt....

 

[matt1713]

it was a liquid test kit

 

[Musho3210]

yeah first it started out a little and it raised the ammonia around 4pm and i waited a few days added more. then i added more and pretty soon i was able to dump a cup load in and within 12 hours it read 0ppm. the test strip did read 8ppm cuz that was the max but i immagine it was a lot more

it was a liquid test kit

confusing....

 

[matt1713]

well my tanks cycled and no deaths yet