Water change or not?

[LarryS]

Hey guys and gals:

Just got my TBS 15 gal "package" on Friday. Tested twice a day for the last 3 days and my ammonia hasn't gotten above .5ppm, nitrite steady at .25ppm, nitrate steady at 10ppm. No parameters seem to have hit the "danger" range. Would you leave the water alone, with the idea that a bit of ammonia and nitrite will encourage the development of beneficial bacteria, or do a change anyway, to keep the ammonia as low as possible. Richard threw in a nice purple tipped anemone in the package, and I'd like not to stress it out. What do you think?

 

[snooter1]

Leave it alone and let the cycle happen. Mine took around 6 days and I never went above .5 either. Stayed at .25 for two days before going to 0. Richard told me that if it does not go above 1 let it go.

 

[LarryS]

Thanks snooter1. Good to hear other's parameters stayed low too. I had some sand from another cycled tank that I added to help with the cycling, maybe thats one reason its not climbing too high.

 

[alan214]

Ditto. Let it be

 

[LJsInSC]

Leave it alone, I know your are tempted to do a change but it will cycle around. I had to sit on my hands a couple of times but it came around and now I have no ammonia reading and not nitrites. It took a total of 2 1/2 weeks for everything to cycle around.

LJ