Cycling New Tank

[Dandaman80 8]

I seeded canister filter with media from my 6 foot, 750 litre established tank as well as aquascaping with rock from same tank... been running for 2 weeks now with one fish and no ammonia or nitrite spike. Tank is 4 foot, 270 litres with 1100 lph canister filter and internal powerhead filter that i put in from established tank. Is it possible that new tank has cycled?

 

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[HaydnRex 173]

Certainly is possible, if you use established media it's not uncommon to have a very short cycle or no cycle at all.

[johnbetta 401]

your nitrate is a tad high I think the rest looks good

[Dandaman80 8]

your nitrate is a tad high I think the rest looks good

Yeah that suprised me also... meaning the beneficial bacteria is established

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[johnbetta 401]

I would wait till that goes down a bit

[A.M. 3]

As soon as your ammonia and nitrite drops and stabilises to 0 (and nitrate rising) it's pretty much good to go. Try not to let your nitrates build up higher than it is now though as you probably already know . But yeah waiting doesn't hurt to ensure that everything is stable... try not to add too many fish at once. 

[Dandaman80 8]

As soon as your ammonia and nitrite drops and stabilises to 0 (and nitrate rising) it's pretty much good to go. Try not to let your nitrates build up higher than it is now though as you probably already know . But yeah waiting doesn't hurt to ensure that everything is stable... try not to add too many fish at once. 

Thankyou, am thinking same

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