terrym
10-27-2005, 15:50
I am setting up a new 75G African Cichlid tank and am curious about trying fishless cycling with Stability. In the past I have added ammonia to a new tank to fishless cycle it. I maintained an ammonia level of about 4 to 5 ppm until the nitrite started to spike then cut my addition of ammonia in half. When Nitrates started appearing and Nitrite went to zero I knew I was ready to add fish.
My question is this, can I use Stability to build a bacteria colony quicker and then maintain the population of bacteria by adding ammonia for a week or two before adding fish. I want to have this tank ready to add all of the fish in at once (15 - 6 to 8 inch AF Cichlids) what kind of an ammonia level do you think I should maintain to build and support a bacteria colony large enough for this amount of fish?
As always thanks for the help.
My question is this, can I use Stability to build a bacteria colony quicker and then maintain the population of bacteria by adding ammonia for a week or two before adding fish. I want to have this tank ready to add all of the fish in at once (15 - 6 to 8 inch AF Cichlids) what kind of an ammonia level do you think I should maintain to build and support a bacteria colony large enough for this amount of fish?
As always thanks for the help.