cycle aquarium

I personally am of the opinion that fishless cycling is the way to go. It can take more time but all in all it saves you money and it doesn't sacrifice a fish. A lot of fish used for fish in cycling tend to be on the aggressive side as they are hardy. So then you're kind of stuck off the bat...

Hanna Marine Master ammonia won’t drop below 0.54 ppm - anyone else? I’m cycling a new Red Sea Reefer G2+ 350 Display tank: ~75 gallons + Sump operating volume: ~19 gallons. Tank was setup with live rock and live sand. Timeline: Initial test of tank on 7/11 read 0.35 PPM Ammonia Added an...

Hey needs some advice. So I have a 15 gallon that’s been running for over a year just got done battling a bad hair algae outbreak with the help of vibrant, and now everything is looking great I’ll post pics. But just bought a 20 gallon innovative marine now I’m in the process of cycling it. But...

Hi, I have recently purchased and begun to construct a hello reef 15 gallon clownfish and anemone tank. I began cycling the tank about a week and a half ago and used the dr Tim’s one and only nitrifying bacteria and used ghost feeding as my source of ammonia with the included fish food. I have...

I have been researching PNS Deepcycle and have heard very positive things about the product (https://www.microbiofarm.com/hydrospace-pnsdeepcycle). Given that the shelf life is fairly long, I was wondering if I could put my dry rock in a bag and let it marinate in this solution until I am ready...

So im 30 days in my cycle and my ammonia is 0 ppm. My nitrites are off the chart but I read that for reeftanks nitrite / nitrates are not toxic for fish anyways. Should i wait for my first fish till nitrite is 0? Should i waterchange and get my first fish? I used the old school shrimp method to...

Wanted to know what ways it would be possible to save beneficial bacteria for whenever setting up QT so you don’t have to wait for the cycle process to start. Ovbvioulsy easiest would be to take something from main display I guess but then you wouldn’t be able to use that again. There are...

I've had my tank since July and it's finally time for me to put some water and it and start (either this week or next week)! So I have some questions about cycling. I don't use forums much and have a hard time navigating them so the answers to some of my questions probably already exist I just...

Yesterday I had Ammonia: 0.4ppm Nitrite: 1+ppm Nitrate: 20ppm Today I have Ammonia: 0ppm Nitrite: 1+ ppm Nitrate: 25ppm Is my cycle complete/what are my next steps?

Hi so I just started a new tank and it’s been cycling for about 2 weeks. I used live sand, dry rock with, fritz fishless fuel, and turbostart 900 bottle bacteria. Gotten my ammonia up to 2ppm then added the bottle bacteria then a day or two later tested and the ammonia was at 0ppm and my nitrite...

Good morning all, I am looking to try to jump start a cycling process in my garage before I get a tank even for months... Are there benefits of doing this with TB live rock vs. dry rock + live TB sand... or just adding a bunch of different bottled bacteria to both caribsea sand and dry rock...

I’m about a week into my cycle I’m using (.dr Tim’s ammonia and microbacter 7) my lfs said microbactor 7 will cycle a tank but I’ve read other things. Wondering if anyone else has done this and if so how long did it take you to fully cycle. Thanks

I have a 40 gallon long tank with approximately 15 gallon sump. Just began filling this thing up last week with CaribSea live sand and rock. Mixed my own RODI water etc to get 35 PPT on my salinity. Used Fritzyme Turbo Start 900 3 days ago. My parameters are as follows. 4/12 started...

So I have a Fluval Evo 13 with a damsel and some corals. I finished the nitrogen cycle a few weeks ago. I did a 100% water change when I got the nitrate spike (around 160ppm), next day added a fish and coral. It's been around 40 ppm or higher since. I've been feeding 1/6th of a brine shrimp cube...

So I’m doing a fishless (minus 1 coral my friend gave me that we have no idea what it is and I’m almost 100% sure it died but I was expecting that) cycle on my 29gal tank, I added “microbe lift special blend” along with “topfin readistart” and also left a little food In the tank to help the...

Tank stats 40gal breeder Live sand Dry rock Dr Tim’s cycle and ammonia followed exactly what he said It’s day 17!!! And nitrite won’t drop. I did a 50% water change yesterday and added 40 drops of ammonia just to give the bacteria something to snack on and it was gone the next day but nitrite...

Hello! I am just reaching a month into my fish less cycle for a 40 gallon tank and I am not sure if I should do a water change. *first tank I have ever cycled* Here are my current testings and I have added ammonia once to bring it up to 4ppm about 4 days ago. 1/18 PH: 7.6 Ammonia: 1ppm...

Starting to see a change Ph:8.4 Ammonia: .25 Nitrites : .25 (finally seeing something) Nitrates : 10 75 gal tank btw Ammonia already spiked so we will see a spike in nitrites and then nitrates right? And then i would be okay two wc ? I feed my clown twice a day very minimal 5 pellets in...

I’ll keep this build thread short and sweet. I currently live in a 50 gallon mixed reef lagoon system. this system is about six years old and my sand has completely ticked me off which has cause neglect which has in turn caused it to all turn to limestone due to my dosing schedule. SO…. I have...

Im new to the hobby and I’m currently cycling my first tank (currently on day 2). It occurred to me today that I should also set up a quarantine tank. There’s a good chance that my DT will complete the cycle well before I finish quarantining my fish. My question is how would I keep the tank...

Hello, I’m starting a new 15 gallon tank. I wanna know if anybody has experience doing a fish in cycle with Dr. Tim’s bacteria. The fish I was going to add would be a hawk fish or pajama cardinal. I also have a good amount of filter media from my 40g tank I can use in the 15g tank. Would the...

I recently set up a 65g with a 20g sump, but my clownfish pair is young and small so they’re not really producing any significant amount of ammonia. Someone I work with at my LFS suggested adding a few green chromis so I got three, and being that they aren’t really hardy fish anymore due to...

Hey guys so I think my tank is finally cycled everything has dropped to 0 now should I add more of the ammonia from dr tims to 2ppm to see if it will drop to 0 again?

Here are my test on day 15 used dr tims one and only and it’s ammonia source just wanted some others opinion on how it’s doing

Hello I’ve been cycling my 40 gallon tank for more than 2 weeks. My ammonia has been around 0.25 for the past few days while my nitrite has been 0. My nitrates is 2.5 and it’s slowly going up 0.1-0.3 everyday. Is my tank ready for fish and should I do a water change?