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If you want to be sure that there is no cycle then simply wait a week. That should be enough time to observe a cycle if one should occur. If not, then your parameters will remain zero. No harm, no foul (in waiting). |
Wait. Mine did the same and a week r so later, a remarkable spike as the cycle peaked. So as everyone else said, patience is king.
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If the rock is cured, and sand is 'live', why would waiting show anything? Doesn't there need to be a source of ammonia to see a spike in ammonia? If I were you I'd throw in small shrimp and let it rot. If while it's rotting you see no spike in ammonia, the tank is cycled. If you do get a spike from the waste generated by one little shrimp, it's probably not cycled enough for fish yet.
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You should start to see a diatom bloom as well looks brown it will usually cover your sand and rock and starts to look like this its usually a good indicator your tank is cycling
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I'll be adding a shrimp tomorrow, as it has been a week and ammonia is at 0, nitrates at 5 or less, and the nitrites came down from .1 to 0.
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