Cycle is stalling

[ibrat82]

So i had to cycle a 10 gallo qt and i used fishless ammonia method using pure ammonia. I dosed about 2ppm worth of ammonia on sunday. Tested today and still ammonia is the same and nitrite still 0. My last cycle for my 100gallon at 3 days i say nitrited but then again i used atm colony. This cycle im usinf seachem seed. Could this be stalling my cycle? I thought seed helps to establish a bio filter and says to use from day one.

Has my cycle stalled or should i expect it to take this long to see ammonia drop?

Im using air stone, hob filter. My temps around 82.

 

[bat21]

What do you have in there for bacteria to grow on?

 

[ibrat82]

Filter sponge, filter floss, and bio rocks that came with my aquaclear hob filter.

What do you have in there for bacteria to grow on?

 

[jminick2]

your cycle isn't stalling you are just starting from scratch doing it the slow way. its been less than a week be patient. They can take a month sometimes.

Fastest way to cycle a tank is to use 100% cured liverock.

 

[thegrun]

your cycle isn't stalling you are just starting from scratch doing it the slow way. its been less than a week be patient. They can take a month sometimes.

Fastest way to cycle a tank is to use 100% cured liverock.

+1, or add Dr. Tim's in a bottle or one of the other bacteria in a bottle products on the market. I would suspect it will take at least 4 weeks as things stand now.

 

[JohnnyHildo]

dry pukani and dry aragonite in my system took nearly 6 weeks to cycle. be patient.

 

[boshk]

I'm on day 5 using Dr Tim's and its still no Nitrite and Nitrate. Ammonia at 3-4

my Freshwater took 7 days to completely cycle using Dr Tim.

 

[bat21]

I'm on day 5 using Dr Tim's and its still no Nitrite and Nitrate. Ammonia at 3-4

my Freshwater took 7 days to completely cycle using Dr Tim.

My cycle with dry rock and Dr. Tim's took 6 weeks. Easily 2-3 weeks before any nitrite showed up and then another 2-3 weeks for the nitrite to disappear.

 

[rjjr1963]

I'm going on three weeks with my QT. I used Dr. Tims and pure ammonia. It took two weeks for ammonia to drop to zero but nitrites are still very high.

 

[PAXpress]

My 20g QT took 6 weeks to cycle completely BE PATIENT! Good luck!

 

[RayAllen3422]

Mine has been cycling for 8 weeks and it is almost done. Patience is definitely key.

 

[SLOreefer805]

You can also start adding a little fish food each day to help get the ammonia going. My tank took about 5 weeks till it was ready. I know your excited about getting fish in there but the wait will be worth it.

 

[rjjr1963]

I bought some wet live rock and put it into a second QT tank. Since day one it's been 0-ammonia, 0-nitrites and 5-nitrates. Not really sure if it's cycled or not just been monitoring it to see what happens.

 

[Happyschneider]

It sounds like you have another tank that is already cycled. Why don't you hang your hob filter on that tank? Material will be ready much quicker.

 

[ibrat82]

cause that tank has ich. need to put my fish in qt for 8 more weeks.

It sounds like you have another tank that is already cycled. Why don't you hang your hob filter on that tank? Material will be ready much quicker.

 

[Happyschneider]

That makes sense why not do TTM? No need for running filter as you change water every few days anyway.