PonderEthereal

In Cycling the Tank, I covered HOW to cycle a tank and what it means and how to gauge the process. Here is what my tank cycle looked like for a 30 gallon tank.

I left out the days where there was no change. There were fluctuation sin my readings on some days which over all amounted to nothing and which can probably be chalked up to inaccurate measurements.

Day 1 :

Day 2 : added one fish
Day 4 : still no change - added a second fish to tip the balance
Day 7 : The ammonia rose to a 1 - and we’re off!
Day 9 : The ammonia rose to 1.5 and we look like this :

Day 11 : The ammonia rose to 2
Day 12 : The ammonia was holding steady at 2 and 2 is a pretty high amount. I want the fish to live so I added 3 quarts of water to top…