Thats what I thought at first but if you look at the first post, the OP had ammonia, nitrItes and nitrAtes showing. Now that he's changed his approach the NitItes are 0 and the nitrAtes are 40. The ammonia count could be high because he tested too soon after adding the ammonia or he added more ammonia then what the cycle fish were giving. Either way I would say that he is getting close to a done cycle.Voodoo Chilli said:The nitrates could be in the source water and are being added to the tank.
bro i dont change anything, i been testing every day the same result with first post till i saw the test result changing that's why i post and asked.iceblue said:Thats what I thought at first but if you look at the first post, the OP had ammonia, nitrItes and nitrAtes showing. Now that he's changed his approach the NitItes are 0 and the nitrAtes are 40. The ammonia count could be high because he tested too soon after adding the ammonia or he added more ammonia then what the cycle fish were giving. Either way I would say that he is getting close to a done cycle.Voodoo Chilli said:The nitrates could be in the source water and are being added to the tank.
the tank is been cycle for 18 days ....its a 210gallon tank with a big sump( old filter pad from another running tank)Voodoo Chilli said:The nitrates could be in the source water and are being added to the tank. Have you tested your tap water?
If there's any ammonia being detected, the tank is not cycled. How long has this been set up? How big is the tank?
thanks matt . oh no im already took the gold fish out ..i been doing fishless ,keep adding ammonia in the tank ...hope it done soon...Ispintechno said:Don't forget rotting food is a new source of ammonia, and can be a new bio-load at anytime. Make sure you are the only one feeding the fish at this time and feed sparingly.
I'd keep the fish in and complete the cycle, sounds like you are about a week or two away from that happening. And 210G cycling with 4 small goldfish - Add new fish one or two at a time and wait 2 weeks or more before adding more. The tank may be cycled somewhat but the amount af beneficial bacteria will still be somewhat sparse IMO.
The old filter pad may be the source of ammonia & nitrates if was more for mechanical filtering vs. bio... although I see its meant for seeding.
Depends on when you're taking the readings, but nothing real unusual there. Test all levels before adding the dose of ammonia. Don't go too heavy on the ammonia at this point. Make sure you're not going over 4ppm. 3ppm would be fine. If you're overdosing you may have a hard time getting ammonia and nitrite to 0 out and your nitrates will go off scale.cichlids _killer said:man ..is it really normal when u do fishless cycle.....
ammonia 2ppm
nitrite 1ppm ( last reading 0ppm could been wrong)
nitrate 40 -50 ppm
when ammonia and nitrite drop down to 0ppm. i think my nitrate will be really high .should i add fish right then go do a water change to bring down my nitrate a lil bit ..? thanks
