How long would it take a filter with a biowheel to neutralizes the ammonia and nitrites in a 30 gallon tank?
2007-06-03 16:45:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
How longs a piece of string?
Generally the cycling process of a new tank takes about a month theres a quick way and a slow way, the quick way involves the risking of fishes lives and the slow way don't.
However once the bacteria have built up you should only see spikes in the above for 1 day after you've introduced new fish then the bacteria should have taken up the slack again.
http://www.algone.com/fishless_cycling.php
http://www.worldcichlids.com/faqs/cycling.html
Two sites different ways, the second is quick but labour intensive as ammonia and nitrite build you do water changes to keep on top thus not allowing the fish at risk to die, the idea being that because you have fish living in there the bacteria will build quicker, but you do have to keep on top of the water changes 25pct each day for the first week then reducing that until your readings are more or less normal.
AJ
2007-06-03 17:05:51 · answer #1 · answered by andyjh_uk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How long varies from tank to tank. If this is a brand new tank and you are starting the cycle now, a ROUGH estimate is going to be 8 weeks to have a stable cycle but it can go sooner or it can go longer. Many things are going to depend on, your fish you have in there, if you are not using fish, how well you are monitoring your ammonia souce, which in my opinion is a pain in the you know what. How much you are feeding, how much surface area you have for a substrate, what kind of filter you are using, the overall hardness and ph of your water, and to a small degree, your temperature. There are a lot of varients into this. Biowheel is an excellent filter which works basically like a wet/dry by exposing the bacteria in there to air which helps the aerobic reaction oxidize the compounds faster. However, the majority of that bacteria is going to reside in your substrate which has a much more massive surface area. If you have any more questions or additional info, I'll be more then happy to help you along.
JV
2007-06-03 16:56:29 · answer #2 · answered by I am Legend 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A little more then a month but live rock helps with that and protein skimmers
2007-06-04 14:53:34 · answer #3 · answered by KrAzY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pobrably 8 weeks and 4 days
2007-06-03 17:22:42 · answer #4 · answered by GoLdIeLoCkS 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋