Started My Cycle! (at last!)

[Yardbent]

Originally Posted by Proby

Well YIIIPPPEEEEEE, finally got a show of nitrites. Tested the water tonight, and the ammonia is still sitting around 3 to 4ppm but I got a reading of 0.25 nitrite. First show!!! Hopefully this means my cycle is starting! only taken 13 days....

excellent - now wait another 13 and you should be home free.....

at the end , do WCs to reduce the build-up of NO3 down to about 20ppm

add your fish slowly to allow the filter to play "catch-up"