I'm doing a fishless cycle on my 125. I seeded it with some media and filter pads from my 46 gallon. Followed the procedure from the library on doing the cycle. I got some ammonium chloride powder as I couldn't find pure ammonia anywhere local.
It's been 10 days and my ammonia is still where it was on day 1. I was hoping with the seed media that I'd have some action by now, but nothing so far.
I know I just need to be patient, but if anyone has done this before, how long did it take before the ammonia dropped, especially if you used media from another tank? It wasn't a lot- just a small bag of ceramic and 2 old filter pads I took out of a canister.
Here's a pic of the tank. Lots of DIY components- lights, stand, filter. The stand isn't done yet, I have some nice wood to wrap it with. There is an identical 125 going right next to it that will be Africans. This one is going to be a community, some Red Head Geos that I have a line on locally from a guy who has 2" young ones, a couple pairs of dwarf cichlids, some angelfish, and schools of cardinals and corys.
It's been 10 days and my ammonia is still where it was on day 1. I was hoping with the seed media that I'd have some action by now, but nothing so far.
I know I just need to be patient, but if anyone has done this before, how long did it take before the ammonia dropped, especially if you used media from another tank? It wasn't a lot- just a small bag of ceramic and 2 old filter pads I took out of a canister.
Here's a pic of the tank. Lots of DIY components- lights, stand, filter. The stand isn't done yet, I have some nice wood to wrap it with. There is an identical 125 going right next to it that will be Africans. This one is going to be a community, some Red Head Geos that I have a line on locally from a guy who has 2" young ones, a couple pairs of dwarf cichlids, some angelfish, and schools of cardinals and corys.