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Re: [GSAS-Member] Nitrogen Cycle - a slow start?



Perhaps the 0 nitrate reading is due to your plants using it up? If there
are only a handful of fish compared to the amount of water, you might have a
small concentration of nitrate that the plants are able to keep up with.


On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Michael Staeb <mikeycpa@gmail.com> wrote:

> >>> It sounds like everything is off to a great start in your tank.  Since
> you are not seeing any ammonia or nitrite your biological filtration is
> already up and running for the number of fish that you started with.  Well
> done.  You could probably add a couple more fish whenever you are ready.
>
> Initially that's what I was thinking, that I had seeded enough water
> and used filter media that the cycle had already completed, but what
> concerns me is that even the nitrate levels are reading 0.
>
> >>> The rise in pH is not related to nutrients. Unless you're feeding your
> fish baking soda, or mummified jerky or something, it's probably coming from
> your decorations or gravel.  What type of substrate are you using?  Any
> decorations or driftwood?
>
> No baking soda or jerky, sorry!  ;-)  I am using a gravel substrate
> with a mixed in clay component in the bottom layer designed to help
> plant growth.  I do have a number of plants (including two mosses) in
> there and one large/one small piece of driftwood.  I'm also using a
> CO2 diffuser (not the fancy kind, just the inexpensive one that keeps
> a "pool" of CO2 directly in contact with the surface of the water).
> Might over doing the CO2 effect anything?
>
> >>> How is the health of your fish looking?  Everyone active and eating?
>  Fins and gills moving normally?
>
> Everyone seems to be fine.  They are all acting accordingly.  Danios
> are quite active.  Fed them live brine shrimp for the first time last
> night and boy was that a show!  Otos are doing their thing.  Plants
> are growing quite well and appear healthy.
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