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Won't cycle right

   I have a 100 gal pond with two halves of a 55 gal drum for grow beds.  I am using a bell syphon in them. One side will only fill then dr…

Started by ken harmeyer

4 Jan 27, 2013
Reply by Harold Sukhbir

Nitrites staying high.

I have been fishless cycling for 8 weeks and everything moved along as expected except the Nitrites are staying at 5+ on my tests. After se…

Started by Vhb

6 Jan 20, 2013
Reply by John Guyer

Rapid fall in Nitrite, should I be concerned?

Just getting started cycling 2 identical systems, placed side by side.  Both have a 65 gal fish tank.  Following the Murray Haslam fishless…

Started by Chuck Phillips

5 Jan 4, 2013
Reply by Alex Veidel

A newbie question

I am just starting.  I have a 100 gal tank and two grow beds made from a 55 gal drum.  How long should the cycle be?  How long should it ta…

Started by ken harmeyer

3 Jan 3, 2013
Reply by Arvind Venkataraman

Whoops! Amonia mistake, What should I do?

I made a big mistake when I added ammonia   I was using the tester wrong and kept getting back 0 for ammonia and kept adding and adding amm…

Started by R.K. Castillo

11 Jan 3, 2013
Reply by Arvind Venkataraman

Information about Kaldnes filter media, writing from peru

I want to make type Biofilter, Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor with filter media kaldnes K1 or kaldnes Biochip, need to contact manufacturers, a…

Started by Jesus Jimenez

4 Dec 1, 2012
Reply by Keith Rowan

Nitrites will not come down

I have a 1400 gal FT, 2 80 ft troughs( about 1800 gal each). I was fishless cycling and at 2ppm ammonia and nitrites were just starting to…

Started by Pete Schuhmann

21 Nov 24, 2012
Reply by Ian Cameron

Cycling Numbers?

What are the numbers you are trying to reach when cycling your water?  

Started by R.K. Castillo

2 Nov 16, 2012
Reply by Alex Veidel

Day 14, and no changes?

Hi all, I have been cycleing my tote system for 14 days now, and my ammonia is still at 4ppm, and I have no measurable nitrite level. My ph…

Started by Matt T.

14 Nov 12, 2012
Reply by Roger Baldwin

Ph swing during fish less cycle

During cycling without fish in one day my ph went from 7.6 (which is the level it comes out on my well) down to 6. I had just added the nor…

Started by Justin Taylor

2 Oct 16, 2012
Reply by TCLynx

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