About finished with my tank cycle

**Uihawk98** · 08-29-2009, 04:46 PM

Hello all, I just wanted to provide an update on my cycle. I tested this morning and here's where I am:

ammonia--1 ppm (it was 2.0 just last night)
nitrites--5.0+ ppm
nitrates--5.0 ppm

I have a feeling I should be deciding on fish pretty soon.

**Northernguy** · 08-29-2009, 04:52 PM

What are you interested in besides angels?

**Mith** · 08-29-2009, 10:06 PM

Ah... cycling... I remember it well..... Lady Hobbs walked me through the process very patiently..... VERY VERY patiently..... it took a lot out of her though.... she was last seen walking the country roads babbling something about Mith's tank... Mith's tank... Mith's tank.... then she would take a sip of something out of a brown paper bag.....

But God bless her little heart, she got me through it!

**jackson17** · 08-29-2009, 11:39 PM

Don't want to burst the bubble but........Your only halfway done, and the nitrite phase, is very very slow. That 5ppm of nitrate could be from tap lol.

**Lab_Rat** · 08-30-2009, 12:33 AM

That's great, just keep an eye on everything and start adding a bit of ammonia when you start getting readings of 0ppm ammonia to keep the bacteria fed. What kind of fish are you interested in getting?