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  1. I just started a 10gal tank for some painted fire red/bloody mary cherry shrimp. Substrate: Fluval Stratum Ati Sponge filter 40 gal Tetra whisper air pump for 40 gal Plants: 4 Marimo balls Subwassertang Current ph is around 6.8-7.0 (my tap is around 7.8) The picture of the test is from today March 22 Still waiting for this tank to cycle. Im using fish flakes as the ammonia source. This is my first tank so I cant seed the tank from an existing tank. I added bio spira(beneficial bacteria) 2 days ago. I would have thought the nitrites would be up by now. I went ahead and added some more fish food to up the ammonia. Ill check ammonia and nitrites tomorrow. Ive been out of aquatic keeping game for over 10 years!.
  2. The gist of conversations I've had over the last few months with several people (some very recently): Person: I just got my shrimp a week ago, and they are dying. Me: How long have you had your tank set up? Person: [Answer ranging from one week to one month.] Me: Okay. How did you cycle your tank and what do you have in it? Person: I have this and that in the tank, and I left the filter on for [a week-a month] so I don't know what's going on. Me: Okay, but how did you cycle it? Person: I put bacteria in and left the filter on. [some didn't add bacteria and just had the filter on.] Me: Did you add some source of ammonia? Person: Yes. I put in the bacteria. Me: No, did you put in ammonia with the bacteria? Like fish food or a piece of shrimp or fish or ammonium chloride? Person: No. I just put in bacteria. Me: Test your water and let me know how your test goes. Person: I have an ammonia spike.... How do I have an ammonia spike? The filter's been on. [some people don't have test kits, so their response is, "I don't have a test kit. I don't know."] Me: Well, let me tell you a little bit about cycling. =) I was the exact same way when I first started. I had no idea what cycling was or how important it was and thought that if you put the bacteria in and just let the filter run, everything would be a-okay. Well, everything's not a-okay if you've got shrimp dying left and right from ammonia poisoning. So I'll just leave this here... =) **Please note that this is a tutorial on how to cycle a tank from scratch. It goes much faster if you use an already seeded filter/substrate, but many people starting out do not have this available. Also, some people prefer a fish-in cycle. I am not one of those people. =)
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