| Re: Cycling and how to avoid New Tank Syndrome - by Alien Anna |
Subject: Re: Cycling and how to avoid New Tank Syndrome - by Alien Anna by Fruitbat on 1/8/2007 22:13:17 How effective are the tips below and should I adopt them now. I currently have a 4 day old 96L tank with 2 plants and about 2 litres of filter squeezed water from the plant tank at lfs. Have bought some household ammonia and added 12 drops today to help things along, test kit still a week away (bloody e-cheques)so am running blind. I also have all the filter sponges in (juwel standard). I'm running filter 24/7 and have the heater turned to max (30'c), light runs from 7am till 10pm. 2. Keep the tank only about 50-65% full. This creates a waterfall effect as the water leaves the filter, and when the water from the filter hits the surface of the aquarium water, there is a great deal of water turbulence, exposing more water to more air more quickly, and leading to increased oxygenation, and thus, faster cycling. not sure if this would work with juwel filter 3. Keep the aquarium light on 24 hours per day during cycling. The increased light leads to faster cycling. 4. Use as many air stones and air pumps as you have access to, which will fit in the aquarium. Keep them all running all the time. This leads to increased oxygenation, which leads to faster cycling. Don't have any or need one but would it help to get one? |