I guess that I was just lucky introducing fish so quicklym but
somethinh you said confuses me. **wait until the nitrogen cycle has run
to completion before adding aquatic life**. I thought the nitrogen
cycle was due to the interaction of plants, bacteria and fish, so how
is there going to be any cycle before ading aquatic life? Unless, ypu
are using runoff from farm fields, I wouldm't expect to find
significant nitrogen anyway.I did test the water before starting and
not surprisingly found no trace of amonia, nitrates or nitrates. What
am I missing? Dave

Nothing Dave. Best to check out this website:
http://www.vcnet.com/koi_net/dan.html

To be fair, a pond can be cycled without fish, takes longer, and it will be
cycle per se (not measurable) because there will be snails that come in on
plants and dust/fall out from the environment and the bacteria will become
established. But that cycle will start a new with the addition of fish. See
thread Nitrogen Cycle FAQ.

http://members.tripod.com/~VideoDave/pool/pool.html

I sure like what you did with that swimming pool! ;o) ~ jan



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