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Alen
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Location: Santa Rosa
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 Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:18 am Post subject: Water Results |
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Hi
I'm almost done with cycling my new 45gal freshwater tank and this is how it looks right now
Nitrites: .8
Nitrates: 12.5
pH: 8
Amonia: 0
Those are the results I got whenI had the guy a my lfs test my water. I think those are the rite numbers, his writing is a little sloppy. Anyway my question is how my longer will it take for the cycle to be complete? Its been 5 week already!!! Another thing is the tank is a little cloudy and I was woundering if I could do a small water change to clear it up? Would this screw up the cycling process? THANX |
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t_chelle16
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Probably another week or two. NitrItes tend to be pretty slow to decrease.
-Chelle |
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Alen
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Can I do a water change now though to clear it up or should I just wait? |
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Alen
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| Can I do a water change now though to clear it up or should I just wait? |
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Alen
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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| oops!!! sorry about the double post |
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gr8fuljames
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| A water change may slow the cycle. I am not sure what type of cycle your doing though, if your doing fishless I would wait if you have fish already then I would go ahead and do the water change. |
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