Does this mean my tank has cycled?

[wardragonet]

hey gang I'm restarting my nano tank after about 2 or 3 months off, my parameters read 10/27/13

pH: 8.2

Ammonia: 2.0

Nitrite: 0.25

Nitrate: 20ppm

 

11/09/13

pH: 7.8

Ammonia: 0.25ppm

Nitrite: 0ppm

Nitrate: 0ppm

 

So does this mean my tank has cycled already? The tanks were running for over 6mo before I shut them down. So was the bacteria still in the rock and sand?

 

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[YHSublime]

Ammonia should be 0. Ammonia to nitrite, nitrites to nitrates.

[wardragonet]

Ok I'll check it in a week and see what we got, thanks

 

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[tomtom2245]

Once all of that ammonia converts to nitrites and then once all of the nitrite goes away you should be good to go.

[wardragonet]

So if at next reading the ammonia is at 0ppm should I have a reading on my nitrite or would it still be 0ppm also?

 

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[smallreef]

You may still have nitrites .. They need to be 0 also...you can have low nitrates...

but ammonia and nitrites need to be zero...before putting anything new in the tank...

[wardragonet]

Gotcha

 

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[TheyCallMeMr.703]

It does help using old LiveRock,( Takes a while to cycle, but VeryNice, and Recycling.lol) Right??? You notice allot of life on it already?? I know I did with mine, after a year, coming back from just sitting in my shed.lol

[wardragonet]

I try to ignore it because I will be consumed by the waiting game, but I'll check it out tomorrow

 

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