Biocube 16 cycling

[AlaskanReefer]

So you may have already seen my earlier posts but I'm still confused, probably cause of my thick skull, but I have some more questions.

Question 1: My tank has been "cycling" for 5-6 but my ammonia is reading 0 and my nitrites are at 0 and my nitrates are at 30 without a water change. I've been ghost feeding with fish flakes once everyday, should I continue or is it "cycled" or am I just too dense to wrap my head around it.

Question 2: I have a bottle of BIO SPIRA, should I add some to my tank and can I add just a little and save the rest?

Question 3: Did I have a mini cycle and accidentally not start my full cycle?

Tank stats (lol)
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 30ish
pH - 8.2
Alkalinity - 280
Salinity - 1.024

Please help me I'm stupid

 

[skysoblue987]

When you say 5-6, do you mean 5-6 days or 5-6 months? Though I'm not saying its impossible, I personally doubt a tank can be cycle in 5-6 days.

Buy some pure ammonia and do a test. Test your ammonia level before and after you add the pure ammonia. If your tank is truly cycled, the bacteria will reduce the ammonia level to near zero very quickly.

Your fish flakes may not be enough to produce any detectable ammonia level.

 

[AlaskanReefer]

When you say 5-6, do you mean 5-6 days or 5-6 months? Though I'm not saying its impossible, I personally doubt a tank can be cycle in 5-6 days.

Buy some pure ammonia and do a test. Test your ammonia level before and after you add the pure ammonia. If your tank is truly cycled, the bacteria will reduce the ammonia level to near zero very quickly.

Your fish flakes may not be enough to produce any detectable ammonia level.

Alright would frozen mysis shrimp produce enough ammonia or would I need more

 

[AlaskanReefer]

Alright would frozen mysis shrimp produce enough ammonia or would I need more

I don't have a ace hardware close to me so I ordered dr tims through amazon so that'll be here in a few days but in the meantime what should I do

 

[AlaskanReefer]

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When you say 5-6, do you mean 5-6 days or 5-6 months? Though I'm not saying its impossible, I personally doubt a tank can be cycle in 5-6 days.

Buy some pure ammonia and do a test. Test your ammonia level before and after you add the pure ammonia. If your tank is truly cycled, the bacteria will reduce the ammonia level to near zero very quickly.

Your fish flakes may not be enough to produce any detectable ammonia level.

so meant 5-6 days lol

 

[skysoblue987]

I don't have a ace hardware close to me so I ordered dr tims through amazon so that'll be here in a few days but in the meantime what should I do

When you set up the aquarium, did you just add the saltwater? If that's the case, I would add the biospira and let the bacteria start to colonized the rocks and get your cycle started. When I cycled my 40 gallons, I added half a bottle of 250ml Biospira.

 

[skysoblue987]

The biospira I used seem to add a small amount of ammonia. So test your level after you add it.

 

[AlaskanReefer]

The biospira I used seem to add a small amount of ammonia. So test your level after you add it.

Alright