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08-06-2007, 02:45 AM
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A "cycle" is the nitrogen cycle.
Ammonia is created from die off -> nitrite feeds on the ammonia -> nitrates feeds on the nitrite. Only when you test 0 Ammonia and 0 nitrite is your cycle "complete" keep in mind that a new tank can have many small cycles in the beginning, so even if you are testing 0 one day, the next morning you might have new values. I would really suggest reading some of the material here http://canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=22067 before you get to far ahead of yourself. Check out this link for a bit of an explanation of the nitrogen cycle http://faq.thekrib.com/begin-cycling.html
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