Cycling Question

[dbroncos]

Once my tank is done cycling, I am not planning on adding livestock for a couple of weeks. Is that an issue? Or do I need to add a little ammonia to keep the beneficial bacteria fed?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Once my tank is done cycling, I am not planning on adding livestock for a couple of weeks. Is that an issue? Or do I need to add a little ammonia to keep the beneficial bacteria fed?

Either that or ghost feed.

 

[dbroncos]

So if I don’t have food yet but I have Dr Tim’s. After the cycle how much and how often should I add it until I get fish? 52 gallon tank.

 

[Dan_P]

So if I don’t have food yet but I have Dr Tim’s. After the cycle how much and how often should I add it until I get fish? 52 gallon tank.

You can choose to add nothing, but if that bothers you because you want to keep your bacteria fed, only feed them a little to avoid building up nitrate in your new system. You can be stingy, 0.5 ppm per week. For every ppm of ammonia digested, about 4 ppm nitrate is generated. Make sense?

 

[dbroncos]

Thanks, I’m cool doing nothing as long as that does not create any issues.

 

[bushdoc]

Fish food for ghost feeding doesn’t have to be gourmet, any flakes or pellets from Petco or Walmart would be fine if you do it sparingly.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Fish food for ghost feeding doesn’t have to be gourmet, any flakes or pellets from Petco or Walmart would be fine if you do it sparingly.

Or even a few corn flakes or a piece of dog food at this point, lol. No different than using a dead shrimp to kick things off... just need something to decay.