The Puffer Forum

I guess the plants would make pulling decor a bit difficult. Do you have a some type of floor lamp to use as temporary lighting.

Good luck on the move.

purplecandle wrote:Coffee cups work in a pinch!

And don't forget cheap terracotta pots...I know a guy that actually uses those.

I'm using nutrifin cycle. the stats as of yesterday were : ammonia-1.2 nitrites 0.1 i didnt bother doing nitrates yet.

Pufferpunk wrote:

the 30gal has hardly started cycling I'm only seeing ammonia in it right now

What are you usingf as an ammonia source for cycling?

okay, i'll look around in my cupboards tonight and see what i have. however....the nitrites that were in my 20gal have dropped to nothing so im going to move my gsp there for now

That could be your problem, Cycle is nothing but dead bacteria, a waste of time & money & is not an ammonia source. Please read the 1st 4 articles to better understand the nitrification/cycling process.
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okay, i have looked around my city at about 10 different stores. i couldnt find a pure ammonia like that article explained. the ones that i found either had an additive or when i shook it, it bubbled. what else can i use. i've heard of people putting in a piece of shrimp. or could i just take a piece of the filter sponge from a different cycled tank and put that in the filter for the 30gal? i would switch my aquaclear on to it, but i was treating for ich. last nite was the last treatment and everything seems to be find. i would have taken a filter from my 55 which is cycled and disease free but it was made for me and theres a brace in the middle so the whisper 3 wont fit on it.
is there anything else i can use besides pure ammonia?

this is actually the 1st time i've heard not to use cycle. this will be the 5th tank i've cycled. all of them which i used 'cycle' and i chunk of established filter media. all my tank took a maximum of 2 weeks to fully cycle

you know where I found the right kind of ammonia? A little country gas station in the middle of no where, near my home. Nice layer of dust was on the top. Just a thought..maybe you have a store like that near you..

yeah I know people who have used shrimp, and I have used a shrimp to keep a tank cycled until the inhabitant came home from the store..

I think ammonia is better because you can control how much is in the tank, meaning you could use a little if a betta is going in the tank or you could use a lot as if a puffer is going in the tank..

It is a known fact that there is nothing in the product, Cycle but dead bacteria.