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Hi,
I am currently 2 / 3 weeks in to cycling a 50l tank and total amomnia has been at 0ppm for a week now.
The substrate is powersand special and ada amazonia AS.
I have also been dosing seachem stability, and my dechlorinator (Interpet Bioactive Tapsafe plus) claims, on the bottle:
a few questions:
- It can't be that the tank is cycled can it?
- I'm worried that the use of the stability and tape safe is masking the true nature of the tank, so that amonia is being neutralised by dosing these rather than the external filter, tank,substrate and plants doing their magic.
- I'm worried that the cycle will stall if there's little to no ammonia to feed bacteria, or slow down as there's not much for them to work on.
- Do members use a dechlorinator that only dechlorinates to avoid unknowns? what do people use product wise to dechlorinate?
- on some advice from a shop local to my work, I added some fish food to try to raise the ammonia level, in the hope of seeing it rise and then fall again to confirm that the tank is or has cycled somewhat. this has had no effect after two / three days ammonia has not risen (could this be dosing of stability and tap safe?).
(also dosing Excel and EI <- from a starter kit and according to included instructions)
Thanks,
Tom
I am currently 2 / 3 weeks in to cycling a 50l tank and total amomnia has been at 0ppm for a week now.
The substrate is powersand special and ada amazonia AS.
I have also been dosing seachem stability, and my dechlorinator (Interpet Bioactive Tapsafe plus) claims, on the bottle:
- Makes tap water safe for all fish
- Instantly removes toxic chlorine, chloramine and heavy metals
- Instantly adds aloe vera and beneficial bacteria
a few questions:
- It can't be that the tank is cycled can it?
- I'm worried that the use of the stability and tape safe is masking the true nature of the tank, so that amonia is being neutralised by dosing these rather than the external filter, tank,substrate and plants doing their magic.
- I'm worried that the cycle will stall if there's little to no ammonia to feed bacteria, or slow down as there's not much for them to work on.
- Do members use a dechlorinator that only dechlorinates to avoid unknowns? what do people use product wise to dechlorinate?
- on some advice from a shop local to my work, I added some fish food to try to raise the ammonia level, in the hope of seeing it rise and then fall again to confirm that the tank is or has cycled somewhat. this has had no effect after two / three days ammonia has not risen (could this be dosing of stability and tap safe?).
(also dosing Excel and EI <- from a starter kit and according to included instructions)
Thanks,
Tom