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Monday I purchased a 2.5 Oval tank that will some day be home to a beta.
I set the tank up Monday night on the counter in our kitchen using r/o water and adjusted ph 7.2 set the temp to 82F let it run for 36 hours. Testing water yesterday was at 7.2, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate were at zero.
Yesterday around midday I put a pinch of food and only looked at the tank a dozen times until this morning.
Woke up opened the lid to check the water and the smell was so strong I knew cycling has begun. So I tested the water and sure enough ammonia is at 4.0ppm nitrite and nitrate levels are still at zero. The magic has started....exciting....:-D
Question is do I try to do a partial water change today or let things get dirty...
Doing some research from other people I ordered a Biologically Established Active Sponge Filters from Angels Plus which will be delivered today hopefully will speed up the cycling process. I have never tried active media before so I'm anxious to see the results... to be continued....
I set the tank up Monday night on the counter in our kitchen using r/o water and adjusted ph 7.2 set the temp to 82F let it run for 36 hours. Testing water yesterday was at 7.2, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate were at zero.
Yesterday around midday I put a pinch of food and only looked at the tank a dozen times until this morning.
Woke up opened the lid to check the water and the smell was so strong I knew cycling has begun. So I tested the water and sure enough ammonia is at 4.0ppm nitrite and nitrate levels are still at zero. The magic has started....exciting....:-D
Question is do I try to do a partial water change today or let things get dirty...
Doing some research from other people I ordered a Biologically Established Active Sponge Filters from Angels Plus which will be delivered today hopefully will speed up the cycling process. I have never tried active media before so I'm anxious to see the results... to be continued....
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