Is this tank done cycling?

[swordfish]

I set up my ten gallon tnak about 2.5 weeks ago with water, lights, powerhead and LR. I also threw in a chunk of frozen shrimp at that time just to get things started. The readings are now as follows:

 

ammonia: 0

nitrate: 7 (or thereabouts. It looks to be between 5 and 10)

Ph. 8.2

 

That certainly looks cycled to me, I just wanted to check with the gallery before I added a fish soon.

 

 

Thanks,

 

Jeff

[Toooloud]

have you been testing the water?

 

I mean right from the start have you been testing? did you see the nitrates, nitrites and ammonia go up then down again?

the tank is not cycled untill this happeneds..

[Physh1]

You didn't mention any trites? What's up w/ those?

 

Like Toooloud said you need to do progressive testing to know whether things are on their way up or down.

 

Cameron

[swordfish]

I can't believe I left that out. They're at 0.

 

Jeff

[Physh1]

w/o more test results showing the gradual levels it's hard to say. I would wait at least another week and during that week test a few more times to see how and where things are going.

 

Cameron

[swordfish]

Thanks for the advice. I guess I should have been testing all laong just ot get an idea what was going on, but I subscribe to the "set it up and don't touch it for a month" school of cycling. Just what shoudl I expect to see in the way of readings if the tank is not cycled yet?

 

Jeff

[yOyOYoo]

For my cycle, I tested everyday, saw a huge ammonia spike up to 7, then slowly the ammonia disappeared and I started to get some nitrates. I always tested 0 for nitrites. Is it possible for the ammonia to have been converted directly into nitrates? I noticed a reading of 0 Nitrates today. Very weird. Maybe it's time for a new test kit!?

 

Also now I am getting a bunch of algae: green hair, white hair, cyano, diatoms.