azeral26 said:Is it normal for the water to stink when the tank is cycling?
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Would it be ok to add some Jungle "Clear Water" to remove the odor and clear it up a bit.?Bullsnake said:Yes, sometimes an aquarium can smell badly when it's cycling.
In fact, that's one of the clues when someone's tank is re-cycling. I'm not sure why this is. Perhaps the wrong bacteria releasing odorous waste products? I don't know.
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I'll second that. The only chemicals I ever add is from my water conditioner. Try not to add unnatural things.Fresh2salt said:i never had any odor when cycling my tanks. but if i was you i'd just wait it out. dont use meds . IMO
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It's still cycling. The bacteria that convert nitrite to nitrate have yet to match their population to the food supply. As the cycle continues, you'll see your nitrite levels drop while your nitrate levels will increase.azeral26 said:My nitrate has been stable at 20ppm but my nitrite has been rising, its up to 4.0 now. Any thoughts?
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The nitrite lvls rose way to high, I had to do a small water change. Almost doubled from yesterday to 8.0.Bullsnake said:It's still cycling. The bacteria that convert nitrite to nitrate have yet to match their population to the food supply. As the cycle continues, you'll see your nitrite levels drop while your nitrate levels will increase.
Ideally, when it's all done, you won't have any measureable amounts of accumulated ammonia or nitrite.
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Do you have your prized fish in that tank? If so, I'd add one or two table spoons of table salt to your tank - it'll lessen the effects of high nitrItes on your fish.azeral26 said:The nitrite lvls rose way to high, I had to do a small water change. Almost doubled from yesterday to 8.0.![]()
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My 5-1 test strip only tests for ph, nitrate, nitrite, hardness, and alkalinity. I Probably should go buy another test kit.Judazzz said:Do you have your prized fish in that tank? If so, I'd add one or two table spoons of table salt to your tank - it'll lessen the effects of high nitrItes on your fish.
As far as water changes go: it may bring down the nitrIte levels, but it will also increase the period your tank needs to get the cycle back to normal.
Also, how about the ammonia-levels?
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Well, we all make mistakes - nothing wrong with that, as long as you learn from it.azeral26 said:My prized fish are in there. I was a fool and rushed into getting my tank ready with bio-spira and all of it. My impatience has caused a roller coaster in my tank. I have a 90 gallon en route and I will make damn sure that thing is properly cycled before I add these fish in there. This is a broken record post because if I would've heeded the 8,000,000 warnings on this site against rushing a tank through cycling then I would'nt be in this mess. So to all the other new people, use my stupidity as an example of what not to do. My fish haven't died and look fine but I see now the error of my ways.![]()
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I'm not a expert by any means but I believe warmer water helps speed it up. Also, you don't have anything producing amonia in the tank so I'm not sure how fast it will cycle if at all. If you're going to do a fishless cycle I have heard that you have to add amonia. How much and how often I do not know.PYROPYGO1 said:i'm cycling my 75g right now and i only have the 5 part test strips to test for nitrites and nitrates. will it be a month or so until i can place my 2 caribes and 2 pygo nats in there? i have already added some bacteria starter by proquatics and some stress coat to remove chlorine. i also rinsed my sand with hot water before adding to the tank to reduce disease. my current temp is 82 degrees, will the warmer water cause the bacteria to acclimate faster? the only things that are in the tank right now is some sword plants and sand, that's it.
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Like azeral26 says without anything producing ammonia you are not achieving anything. There has to be ammonia present in the tank for the bacteria to colonize. The temp won't make a big differene but it should be kept at what your tank eventually will be.azeral26 said:I'm not a expert by any means but I believe warmer water helps speed it up. Also, you don't have anything producing amonia in the tank so I'm not sure how fast it will cycle if at all. If you're going to do a fishless cycle I have heard that you have to add amonia. How much and how often I do not know.
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