Cycling woes

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On 2006-04-26, Mister Gardener wrote:
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:17:09 -0000, "Frederick B. Henry Jr."
wrote:

In any case, I set my tank up fishless on roughly 10 March, and added
some fish two weeks later (3 neon tetras died fairly quickly, while all
the others are going strong). And finally today, YAY!, I see 0.25 ppm
of Nitrite, and ammonia about 1.5 ppm. So I will watch the ammonia and
perhaps *not* change the water, then check chemistry tommorrow to see
how high the readings are surging. In sum, my tank is *still not* fully
cycled after more than 6 weeks--but it is starting!!

Congratulations! It's sort of like becoming a father, eh?

Yes, it is indeed exciting, especially after all the waiting, and
watching, and testing, and hoping the fish don't suffer overly or die.

I still have brown spots growing on the glass and some of the plastic
plants' leaves and small spots on gravel, which a prior poster said
would go away eventually. I hope so as they are somewhat unsightly (my
2.5 year-old daughter said they looked like "poop", heh).

Cheers,

Fred

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