Aquariums: how do my parameters look a week into cycling?
i’m about a week into the cycle and i want to see if everything is looking normal
Posted by malbumi
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valknut7 on
It looks to be moving along as expected. You are at the stage where you don’t have ammonia so that colony is adequate, the colony that eats the nitrite and turns it into nitrate is doing something, but its falling behind (there is still nitrite unused, but it is doing something because you have nitrate). It will just take some more time, when nitrite no longer registers and it’s only nitrate you will be in a better spot.
YetiLad123 on
Everything looks normal. Do you have plants? What size tank?
Given that your Ammonia is low, but Nitrites are high, your tank is still cycling. If you have plants, I wouldn’t be too concerned about the high Nitrates yet. If you don’t have plants, I’d do a small water change and then test again in a week.
overactiveswag on
Honestly, this is probably the only test you need to do for the next month. Don’t run any more water tests and just let it do its thing.
overactiveswag on
When I was setting up my tank I bought all dry rock for my 110 display and 30 gal sump. I placed a new 55 gal trash can in my backyard, placed all of my rock in the can, and filled it with salt water. I placed a small pump for circulation inside and put the lid on. I left it outside in the sun and heat for 2 months. Over the 2 motnhs I then completed the setup of my tank and at the end i placed my now live rock inside with live sand and some rubble in the sump. I used about 30 gal of water from the trash can, and the remaining was new salt water. I also put in 1 bottle of Dr. Tim’s One and Only with cheato in the sump/refugium and no new tank syndrome. Clownfish went in within 1 week with anemone and added 2 fish every week with the blue tang as my last.
No ammonia spike, no nitrate spike.
Puffinton721 on
You’re in the annoying high nitrite stage that takes forever. Good luck!
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It looks to be moving along as expected. You are at the stage where you don’t have ammonia so that colony is adequate, the colony that eats the nitrite and turns it into nitrate is doing something, but its falling behind (there is still nitrite unused, but it is doing something because you have nitrate). It will just take some more time, when nitrite no longer registers and it’s only nitrate you will be in a better spot.
Everything looks normal. Do you have plants? What size tank?
Given that your Ammonia is low, but Nitrites are high, your tank is still cycling. If you have plants, I wouldn’t be too concerned about the high Nitrates yet. If you don’t have plants, I’d do a small water change and then test again in a week.
Honestly, this is probably the only test you need to do for the next month. Don’t run any more water tests and just let it do its thing.
When I was setting up my tank I bought all dry rock for my 110 display and 30 gal sump. I placed a new 55 gal trash can in my backyard, placed all of my rock in the can, and filled it with salt water. I placed a small pump for circulation inside and put the lid on. I left it outside in the sun and heat for 2 months. Over the 2 motnhs I then completed the setup of my tank and at the end i placed my now live rock inside with live sand and some rubble in the sump. I used about 30 gal of water from the trash can, and the remaining was new salt water. I also put in 1 bottle of Dr. Tim’s One and Only with cheato in the sump/refugium and no new tank syndrome. Clownfish went in within 1 week with anemone and added 2 fish every week with the blue tang as my last.
No ammonia spike, no nitrate spike.
You’re in the annoying high nitrite stage that takes forever. Good luck!