Question About Cycling New Tank
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So it's a 64l tank that I'm setting up.
New everything for it (no fish yet of course) and I started the fishless cycling on Saturday using ammonia & API Quick Start.
Everything was very well rinsed before going into the tank.
Dosed with ammonia up to 4 ppm; cranked the heat up to 27 C; and full bubbles. I can see the ammonia levels are starting to fall already (darker than 2 ppm but not as dark as 4 ppm this morning).
I have noticed a very slight cloudiness to the water though (I don't think its air bubbles) and I assume this is the bacteria blooming. As such is it actually a good sign (for the moment at least)?
It just all seems to have happened very quickly? Is this normal?
I've not checked Nitrites yet as I was going to wait until the ammonia dropped to 1-2 ppm before doing so.
Many thanks
Fritz