System Cycling (40)

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A little bit of a hiccup, what to do

Hey everyone, So i have started cycling 3/26, on 4/14 I had a hole in my bed and lost over 50% of my H2O after diluting it around 100%. The…

Started by Nick wesley

11 May 20
Reply by Vlad Jovanovic

Clarification of PH understanding.

Hi all, I'm brand new to AP and built a little micro system with a 20 gallon tank, some feeder gold fish and basic garden herbs to get my h…

Started by Patrick

35 May 17
Reply by TCLynx

Urea / Amonia Find

When I was cycling my system I had a devil of a time trying to find Amonia.  I eventually got the system cycled but there was a lot of tria…

Started by Kirk Ellern

0 May 14

pH and cycling a new system

I wanted to start another discussion thread to keep from hijacking Patrick's "Clarification of pH" thread. :) I dosed 4 oz of ammonia yest…

Started by Bryan Acred

13 May 4
Reply by Bryan Acred

First Water Test Results ...

Decided to use my new API Freshwater Master Kit today on my no plant, no fish and no grow media 250 gallon system, to see exactly what the…

Started by Bob Vento

5 Apr 30
Reply by Bryan Acred

What levels are Ideal that I'm testing for?

What is the most ideal level for plants and fish? I have chard, turnip greens and peppers. and no fish until I find out that it is cycled u…

Started by Adam Shivers

16 Apr 26
Reply by Jake Schneider

Fish timing @ end of cycling

Been cycling our first 250 gallon setup for 18 days.   Ammonia and nitrite were zero the other day, but seeing some ammonia again and zero…

Started by Justin Stahler

3 Apr 22
Reply by TCLynx

System Cycled?

I have been cycling for some time now (at least 3-4 weeks) and I was testing twice a day. Some days I had some exceptions where I was not a…

Started by Marc Bryan

0 Apr 21

Just Getting Ready to add Water and Begin Cycling, NOW WHAT?

I have every thing almost ready and will be adding the water to the system this week end I have 2 main questions during the cycling should…

Started by Patrick

4 Apr 16
Reply by TCLynx

Water Cycling

My grow bed leaves about an inch of water at the bottom after it drains because the teeth on my bell pipe are cut at that length. Is it oka…

Started by Chris Moreno

2 Apr 13
Reply by Michele Cannon

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