Wez wrote:
Lisa,
I actually used a product called "cycle" that contains dormant
beneficial bacteria which is probably simlar to the product you
used. --Wez



IMO "cycle" is a waste of money. Bio Spira, on the other hand, is good,
a bit expensive, it must be refridgerated, to keep the bacteria alive,
and has been proven to actually work. With the fish load, in your tank,
there is probibly not enough ammonia happening to create readings. If
you are doing water changes then the N03, cannot build up enough to be
detectable. I would ad your fish, and monitor the ammonia, and see what
happens. I suspect you are cycled, and at worst, you may have mini
spike, if you add too many fish at once.

In Wez's case, a planted tank, with an established plant life, is pretty
much ready for fish. The natural cycle is helped by the plants which
need ammonia, and nitrates. A lot of the bio load created by fish, as
long as the tank is not over loaded will be used directly by the plants,
allowing the nitifying bacteria to compete for the remainder.



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