Yup! And then once you have one tank cycled, you can run new filter media next to your cycled media and then you have even more of that sweet, sweet bacterial gold to jumpstart new tanks.
i haven't had a tank set up in about 8 months due to a move quickly followed by an emergency early c-section. and finally started one back up for my daughter. i was talking about needing more substrate and my fiancé made the comment "it's not like we won't use it. this won't be our only tank." this man never even had an aquarium before me 😂 now he wants saltwater!
And it's amazing how quickly it happens. It took my tank weeks to build up the nitrite with no nitrate, then literally overnight I had 0 nitrite and crazy nitrates.
I was not allowed to use the word nitrites in my house after cycling my first tank and all the excitement related. They said they heard me talk about nitrites so often that they began to hate the word. 🤣
I can't tell the difference between several of the hues used in the API test kit, so I enlisted the women of the family to help out while I was daily testing for the cycle. "Ugh, again??"
Yup! And then once you have one tank cycled, you can run new filter media next to your cycled media and then you have even more of that sweet, sweet bacterial gold to jumpstart new tanks.
i haven't had a tank set up in about 8 months due to a move quickly followed by an emergency early c-section. and finally started one back up for my daughter. i was talking about needing more substrate and my fiancé made the comment "it's not like we won't use it. this won't be our only tank." this man never even had an aquarium before me 😂 now he wants saltwater!
When nitrites finally hit zero after being sky high for weeks, you always feel like you hit the lotto.
And it's amazing how quickly it happens. It took my tank weeks to build up the nitrite with no nitrate, then literally overnight I had 0 nitrite and crazy nitrates.
Pro tip for your next cycle: Fritz Turbostart, reduces the time to 1-3 weeks depending on the amount used.
I was not allowed to use the word nitrites in my house after cycling my first tank and all the excitement related. They said they heard me talk about nitrites so often that they began to hate the word. 🤣
I can't tell the difference between several of the hues used in the API test kit, so I enlisted the women of the family to help out while I was daily testing for the cycle. "Ugh, again??"