Started cycling the "new" tank on
27th March adding 3ppm ammonia(tested using liquid test)
29th March Ammonia 3ppm, nitrite 2.0
31st March Ammonia .25, nitrite 5.0
1st April Ammonia 0, nitrite between 1 and 5ppm
2nd April Ammonia 0, nitrite more than 1ppm, less than 5. Added 1/3 dose of ammonia
I started this tank off with a large piece of seeded sponge and an extra cartridge from my Nano tank.
It's obviously speeded up the process of this new tank but made no noticeable difference to the Nano tank which still reads zero ammonia despite the fact that it is temporarily overstocked.
These were extra bits of filter material that I had squeezed in.
I don't know why I did it because I had already had the big "NO" regarding another tank. I must have thought I could talk him round!! haha.
I am much more relaxed this time, even though I am anxious to get the tank finished so these poor fish can stretch their "legs".
I am preparing as much as I can in advance so that on the day it's a straight swap.
Won't be easy and I've told the other half to take himself off somewhere so he doesn't disturb me and he's also better sort himself out a meal so I expect he'll be off to Wetherspoons that day!!
I'm hoping that at this speed, providing nothing goes drastically wrong, then I may be able to do the swap by the middle of next week.
Fingers cross.
They won't in any case, be going in unless it's perfect all round. They seem happy enough. There's a bit of flaring going on but I don't know whether that's because there may be females in there. Difficult to tell them apart.