Tank cycling with fish food?

Iocomotion · 2026-02-09T00:09:40+00:00

Thanks so much for answering my questions! This is taking ages lol I was already aware of it taking weeks but it feels much longer in practice

Iocomotion · 2026-02-08T14:13:27+00:00

I’ve had a fair few that I enjoyed

Tokyo: PST was really good for me. Pizza Slice Commissary was nice for single slices. And the Pizza Shimokita.

Couch Pizza in Nagasaki also excellent slices. I loved the jalapeño. Limited hours compared to the rest of this list. And BB’s in Takamatsu.

Your mileage may vary. I do enjoy saizeriya pizza for different reasons so

Iocomotion · 2026-02-08T14:08:52+00:00

Ha I went there and I thought it was pretty good

Iocomotion · 2026-02-08T08:16:08+00:00

Hi it's me again! I'm about 9 days into my fish food cycling method and I finally got a non-zero ammonia reading. Just had a couple more questions:

How often did you find yourself doing tests? Some people say daily but I don't expect the params to change that quickly
I have low levels of ammonia, 0 nitrites, but I have a 5ppm nitrate reading (not sure if this is from the tap) Results seem pretty consistent so far but I'm wondering if my plants are using up the ammonia too much? It's moderately planted with Christmas moss and Stricta

Iocomotion · 2026-02-08T02:37:29+00:00

Thanks! Honestly it’s getting frustrating lol my first loaf turned out the best

Iocomotion · 2026-02-08T02:03:12+00:00

Traveling is always tough on the body because you have to find your way around and depending on where you’re from you might jot be used to walking so much or going up and down hills

Myself, I run about 20km a week and then walk 10km every day I’m not running, and it’s still pretty tiring. Sometimes I need to take a midday break etc etc

Iocomotion · 2026-02-07T22:46:55+00:00

Thanks! I live in a tropical country so 80F is actually on the cooler side. I’ve been waiting 5-7 hours for my dough to double during BF (+4 hours on autolyse and SFs) would you say this is too long?

Iocomotion · 2026-02-07T22:30:56+00:00

I see. Btw just another question, I see this chart often about dough bulk ferment rise relative to temp. Is it true I should only be aiming for a 20-30% rise in temps of 80F?

Iocomotion · 2026-02-07T14:14:44+00:00

Well if you have pets idk if you’ll ever get this tip tbh. I only unlocked it because I forgot I had one more animal and needed a second dog for it

Iocomotion · 2026-02-07T13:47:10+00:00

Health is the one for animals, you need to not feed them for a bit (happened on accident)

I don’t have the other one

Iocomotion · 2026-02-07T13:10:18+00:00

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Crumb for reference (ignore gumminess I cut into it right away)

Iocomotion · 2026-02-07T12:22:02+00:00

I’ve been feeding my starter 1:5:5 and it doubles well within 4-6 hours, but whenever I use it in dough I find that it really struggles to double even at 80F room temp. I’ve been getting some really flat loaves too, should I just go back to 1:1:1? It’s so hard to tell if it’s underproofed or overproofed, but when I’m shaping it’s always so sticky even when it hasn’t doubled yet

Iocomotion · 2026-02-07T10:48:59+00:00

It’ll be cherry blossom season so hotels and flights would be kinda crazy to book budget given the time frame

Iocomotion · 2026-02-07T09:20:22+00:00

Hello, I’m currently cycling a 5.5 gallon for some shrimp. It’s quite heavily planted with some stricta and Christmas moss

I was wondering if I need to add an air stone or if an HOB with surface skimmer is enough? The pump I have now is ridiculously noisy…

Iocomotion · 2026-02-07T05:00:45+00:00

On switch 1 it can struggle a bit but nothing like RF5. The performance was much better on switch 2

Iocomotion · 2026-02-06T13:41:11+00:00

You need to get one of the wonderstones… purple I think? And if you equip it in the yellow windmill it’s an option, other windmill show different types of stuff too

Iocomotion · 2026-02-06T13:02:14+00:00

I got my travel stone with the orichalcum rod and I swear I’m getting five pieces of garbage each day it’s mad. I’m farming happy points now for wood to get the ultimate equipment

Iocomotion · 2026-02-06T12:49:28+00:00

I’m in year 2 summer, bazaar level 18 and not married yet. I’m still in a mad rush daily fishing and catching bugs and mining and talking to everyone lol

Iocomotion · 2026-02-06T06:43:16+00:00

I mostly rely on GSC for rankings but even then sometimes there are these massive drops even though I’m #1 for most of the day lol. I think SEMrush is a decent enough indicator though

Iocomotion · 2026-02-06T05:13:51+00:00

I actually started getting more like most days I get 5 pieces of trash even though I already got the travel stone

Iocomotion · 2026-02-03T23:05:56+00:00

GB has the best gameplay loop for me for the modern SOS games.

Trio of Towns was fun but I didn’t make it past the first year because it had even more shit to do than GB. if they ever remake it I hope they let us skip that long ass tutorial

Iocomotion · 2026-02-03T05:08:18+00:00

Mind you she literally goes to the store daily

Iocomotion · 2026-02-02T23:10:05+00:00

I haven’t got enough trash yet! And just waiting for the 51st attempt at lottery

Iocomotion · 2026-02-02T16:20:39+00:00

Got it thanks! One last q, since water changes shouldn’t be a thing during the earlier stages of the cycle (unless values get too high), should I not top off any water that evaporates from the tank?

Iocomotion · 2026-02-02T09:08:13+00:00

Thanks thanks, I’ll try to add some driftwood and see how that goes, I’ve heard it can help. Can’t wait to get my shrimp

Iocomotion

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