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 Post subject: Re: Zmans first system
PostPosted: Mar 19th, '11, 07:51 
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Hey Zman...I have just been through the agonising daily ritual of testing and seeing no change and wondering what I am doing wrong and what changes I should make, and do I have enough filtration, and should I feed the fish etc etc during the cycling process...

I am no expert (only lost my cycling virginity last week!!!).
I am only running 10 silvers in a 1400L tank with about 280L of filtration and grow bed. I had readings of 5+ for nitrites for nearly 12 days. I ran 3ppt salt in the pond and did very minimal feeding. The silvers had no problems.

So as every body keeps saying hang in there mate
There is a cycling graph I made on my thread if you are interested.


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 Post subject: Re: Zmans first system
PostPosted: Mar 19th, '11, 11:15 
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Hey Zman...I have just been through the agonising daily ritual of testing and seeing no change and wondering what I am doing wrong and what changes I should make, and do I have enough filtration, and should I feed the fish etc etc during the cycling process...

I am no expert (only lost my cycling virginity last week!!!).
I am only running 10 silvers in a 1400L tank with about 280L of filtration and grow bed. I had readings of 5+ for nitrites for nearly 12 days. I ran 3ppt salt in the pond and did very minimal feeding. The silvers had no problems.

So as every body keeps saying hang in there mate
There is a cycling graph I made on my thread if you are interested.


Thanks mate, im holding on :mrgreen:


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PostPosted: Mar 19th, '11, 15:26 
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Weren;t you meant to be sitting on your hands Zman? :naughty:


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PostPosted: Mar 22nd, '11, 04:37 
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Todays readings

Ammonia 0-0.25 cant tell lol
Nitrite 5+
Nitrate 10-20
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PostPosted: Mar 22nd, '11, 12:03 
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how many days 5+ ?


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PostPosted: Mar 22nd, '11, 12:27 
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11 days :cry:


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PostPosted: Mar 22nd, '11, 17:24 
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must be close now!! I went 12 but it dropped quick after that....the day your test tube is more purple than magenta will be a happy one!


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PostPosted: Mar 22nd, '11, 17:49 
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must be close now!! I went 12 but it dropped quick after that....the day your test tube is more purple than magenta will be a happy one!


HAHAH yes im waiting to see the purple rather the red.

My tank is currently 27.4 degrees, should i just leave it alone? Gold fish are happy swimming around eating the duck weed. Found another soft tail so another yabbie is dead :think: not happy but not sad either lol

Found another thing thats pretty interesting, grass hoppers can stand on water/swim :P


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PostPosted: Mar 22nd, '11, 17:53 
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Found another thing thats pretty interesting, grass hoppers can stand on water/swim :P


But not for long if the fish are hungry :twisted:


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PostPosted: Mar 23rd, '11, 05:34 
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Found another thing thats pretty interesting, grass hoppers can stand on water/swim :P


But not for long if the fish are hungry :twisted:


LOL ya cant find them, seems like they are gone. (now the silvers are only 7-8cms so probably couldnt fit a 2-3cm grass hopper in its mouth).

Also FT back down to 25 degrees. Hope it doesnt heat up too much today.


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PostPosted: Mar 23rd, '11, 16:03 
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WOHOOOO

Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 2-5 ^_^
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PostPosted: Mar 24th, '11, 07:46 
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PostPosted: Mar 24th, '11, 08:12 
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Good :) still don't feed!!!


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PostPosted: Mar 24th, '11, 09:07 
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Does a small ammount of duckweed count as feeding :shifty:

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