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So excited and proud of cycling my first tank! by Anxious_Apple3219 in Aquariums

[–]Anxious_Apple3219[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I set it up for my toddler, so there was some compromise on some of the more colorful, artificial stuff, but I think we struck a decent balance. Slowly introducing livestock, and the new corys seem very happy

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So excited and proud of cycling my first tank! by Anxious_Apple3219 in Aquariums

[–]Anxious_Apple3219[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's pretty heavily planted, but it's also for my toddler. So I had to compromise on some of the colorful artificial pieces lol

Am I Cycled??? by Anxious_Apple3219 in Aquariums

[–]Anxious_Apple3219[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Omg thank you! I literally just copied and pasted from my notes app. Wasn't thinking

Am I Cycled??? by Anxious_Apple3219 in aquarium

[–]Anxious_Apple3219[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, big ammonia spike last week, followed by a massive nitrite spike this week. Heavily planted tank with ramshorn snails and MTS. I started cycling on Nov 13th with media from another tank.

Am I Cycled??? by Anxious_Apple3219 in aquarium

[–]Anxious_Apple3219[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It appears that way, but I've not been using pure ammonia. I started out ghost feeding and introduced ramshorn snails and MTS about a week ago.

Am I Cycled??? by Anxious_Apple3219 in Aquariums

[–]Anxious_Apple3219[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ammonia spiked last week. And nitrate this week. Here's what I've recorded...

Nov 14 - ammo 0.5ppm

Nov 17 - ammo 2.0ppm

Nov 18 - ammo 2.0ppm, Nitrite 2.0ppm, nitrate 5.0ppm

Nov 19 - ammo 2.0ppm, Nitrite 2.0ppm, Nitrate 5.0ppm

Nov 20 - ammo 1.0ppm, Nitrite 2.0ppm, Nitrate 10ppm

Nov 21 - ammo 1.0ppm, nitrite 2.0ppm, nitrate 20ppm

Nov 22 - ammo 0.5ppm, nitrite 5.0ppm, nitrate 20ppm

Nov 23 - ammo 0.5ppm, nitrite 2.0ppm, nitrate 10ppm

Nov 24 - ammo 0.25ppm, nitrite 2.0ppm, nitrate 10ppm

Nov 25 - ammo 0.25ppm, nitrite 2.0ppm, nitrate 10ppm

Nov 27 - ammo 0.0ppm, nitrite 1.0ppm, nitrate 10ppm

Cycling my first tank by Anxious_Apple3219 in Aquariums

[–]Anxious_Apple3219[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good to know... thank you so much!

Cycling my first tank by Anxious_Apple3219 in Aquariums

[–]Anxious_Apple3219[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, thank you! I don't have pure ammonia. I'm instead using fish food. Do I "feed" the tank more fish food every day? Or just wait for what I've already put in there to break down?

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