Most of what I've been searching for to I twould like to know if I should add water conditioner to the water I'm adding to my tank when I do s water change
At last!!! I'm not blinded by science, I actually understood everything you said and can relate it to my almost cycled tank. Thank you so much. I almost went and bought fish this morning. You've saved a few little fishy lives. 😊
This was great, I just set up a new tank and I got the gist of the nitro cycle. I think I achieved it while not really knowing what I was doing. I watched many half ass explanations and went off that. This just confirms I did not fuck my tank up. I agree every fish owner needs to watch this. You laid out the info so well and easy to understand, you should be a teacher.
Every fish-less cycle I’ve watched always talks about levels and other confusing stuff but thanks to you I understand perfectly how to start a cycle and how to read the test kits correctly. I literally cannot thank you enough 😂🧡
You are my FAVORITE TEACHER EVER!!! As a new freshwater tank owner and researching from hundreds of different sites for the last 3 days on how to set it up and maintaining it, without killing the fishies I plan on getting for it, I can finally UNDERSTAND! Excellent video! Thank you so much for taking the time share it in such a clear fashion. SO APPRECIATED! you got yourself a new subscriber!
great instructional for newbies, but one thing to add/correct... as a chemist, I can tell you two things. 1) uniformity of the drop is important. He has the bottles in an an angle. That's not the correct way, as this will give you drops of various sizes.To make all drops of consistent size, your bottles need to be completely upside down in a vertical position over your test tubes. That will guarantee consistent size on the drops coming out of them. The other thing....2) he doesn't shake the bottles before using them. You need to shake them well IMMEDIATELY BEFORE using each of them. By not shaking them, you'll get inaccurate readings. Other than that, he does a good job with this vlog.
This video came out 10 years ago.clearly in the instructions it says to shake the bottles. For nitrates especially and nitrate 2 vigorously for 1 minute. If we don't follow instructions it probably won't be acurate. Some require waiting for 5 minutes for results. Geeze Louise. How sad. Follow have aquatics for a fantastic tutorial. Thank goodness for accurate and helpful videos.
Keep in mind, if your low range PH tests at the highest, 7.4, it might be a good idea to get a high range PH test kit. This is especially helpful if your KH/GH is high as well. Excellent vid!
I have been keeping freshwater fish for years and thought I understood the cycle but I still need some help with it and this video finally explained how to start the cycle without fish thank you so much!!!!
Finally a video i see that explains it clearly and to the point! Thanks this was what i needed. Im trying to cycle my tank now, Unfortunately its already fully stocked but at least i know now what im looking for.
I have to say this is the most comprehensive video I came across on cycling a tank yet, you're the only person that gave a simple method of getting the ammonia into the tank. Great job explaining this 😆👍
I bought a test kit because of videos like this telling me how important they are. I used it a few times and the readings were always good and it turned out to be a big waste of money. To keep my water good I just do large regular water changes.That's the way I've been doing it for years. I don't need to know the numbers.
Yeah! The water parameters are perfect :) What's funny is that right now I only have one 3 inch common goldfish in my 75 gallon lol xD I gotta get her a friend soon; I bet she's lonely o-o Her old buddy(a shubunkin goldfish) passed away after developing dropsy about a month ago :/
this is best explanation about water cycle. also its very easily understand because of good video and detail explanation than reading on documents. thank a lot for such great work you are doing. All the best.
Great video sir but just a minor point re the API Ph test result. The 7.6 dark blue reading on the low range Ph test is a *minimum* of 7.6 and could actually represent a significantly higher value. If your Ph reads 7.6 on the low range Ph test, you should test using the API high range Ph test chemical to ensure you're Ph isn't much higher than 7.6. The high range chemical will give Ph results between 7.4 & 8.8. This rule applies to all the tests. The chemicals will not give colour results outside the range on the card so the result could be worse than you think if you have a reading which matches the colour extremes at the bottom of the card. I hope that made sense.
This is the best video on this subject that I've seen so far. It makes more sense to me than other videos I've seen on You Tube. You made it real easy to understand. Thanks for posting it Dude.
thanks man I really appreciate it. its that kind of support that really makes me want to grow this channel. I've got some cool stuff coming down the pipeline I hope you stay tuned! :)
Thank you for such a thorough explanation of this! I’ve been searching everywhere for when I do the initial water change while it’s cycling, with no luck, until your video. Thank you, thank you, thank you 🙏😊💖🦐🌱🐾☀️
Finally, it makes sense now. I should have started out with this video. The bit about the fish food as opposed to using fish, most helpful hint I've found so far. Thank you for this video.
Hardness and pH are different things. Hardness is measured in kH. kH can affect your pH, but a high number with pH does not mean "hard water" or high kH necessarily.
i just setup a new 20 gallon tank,, have heater filter airstone .keeping hetrer about 76, and before i was educated on cycling i put 2 nails in tank , there doing fine so im gonna continue to cycle with them , getting test kit tomorrow.. ty for your video it helped me understand the cycle and water changes
do you normally keepy you home cold? otherwise I'd recommend only running the filter. without any fish its not needed to run all the other stuf like lights,heater etc.
What a fantastic easy to follow instructional video on this fish-less cycling with the API test. Exact same thing I'm going through right now,...finically I get it. Great work..now subscribed.
Thank you for the video.. Definitely gave me a better perspective, on what I need to do, to keep a healthy tank.. Been out of the hobby, for quite a few year's, but getting back into it.. And just watching what everyone else has been doing, or is currently.. 😉👍
Direct but in most of the information misguided. Proceed with caution. He means well but some of what he presents is wrong and other important information is not even touched on. He tried to cover too much info in one vid instead of researching and getting one part right. Also your LFS will tell you Fish Forums online are a bad place for correct information, more for what not to do. Careful on WebMD as an example.
You and this video helped me understand a lot! This whole cycling thing was getting me so confused that I started thinking twice about getting my first betta fish, but now I think I will be able to manage as it doesn't seem as hard as it looked like when I first started my research on cycling lol. Thank you so much
Awesome video. New to the fish world. I'm trying to start a cichlid tank and was a little confuse about the water cycling but you cleared it all up for me. Thank you!
I know its old, but THANK you for this video! it was very informative!! i learned so very much...most i've read online but it seemed to make more sense hearing it from you! thank you for the video! im about to start a 75 gal planted fresh water aquarium and have bought books and researched online but i haven't read anything this extensive on cycling the tank! thanks again! :)
I know I am being super picky here, but hold all of the bottles straight up and down to get the same size drops. When you squeeze from a side angle like that you can get different size drops and it can affect the accuracy of the reading on those multi part tests. And like the other commenter said, you are supposed to shake the Nitrate test for one minute before adding the second. You also want to wait FIVE minutes before taking those readings against the chart. Some of those chemicals will colorize differently at cooler temperatures in the house.
if my tap water is testing at .25 ppm for amonia and every time i test my tank water i ALWAYS without failure get the same .25ppm amonia result; could my test kit be faulty?
Potential Hydrogen. Check a chemistry book. It corresponds to the concentration of H+ (aka acid) in water - aka the upper case H for the element Hydrogen - the lower the number the highest the concentration of H+. For nerds how remember math a pH of 1 is actually 10^-1 [H+] and a pH of 14 is 10^-14.
I thought this video was really helpful. I have done quite a bit of research so far but felt a bit panicked by the other videos and articles I have read about this. Feel loads more chilled about cycling and populating our first tank after watching this.Thank you :)
Thank you so much for this information. My local aquarium shop said putting food in there will dirty up the tank but I think I will do it this way anyway, I can always clean up algae etc. :) plus once I move my Corys in there they will go to work on the Algae. :)
There are 2 Separate Strains of Bacteria. The First develop in the presence of Ammonia. THESE produce Nitrite. The Second Strain convert Nitrite into NitrAte. This second strain will NOT begin to develop until the First Strain has produced adequate Nitrite. Find and use *SEACHEM Stability* to provide the Bacteria Spores that produce the two Bacteria Strains. The Pattern of the initial development of the "Nitrogen Cycle" is: 1) Ammonia Spike! 2) Nitrite Spike! (Here you will find decreasing Ammonia.) 3) Appearance and Increase of NitrAte as Nitrite. 4) When your Water tests 0.0 ppm for Both Ammonia and Nitrite, with Steadily INCREASING NitrAte - This is a functioning, sustaining Nitrogen Cycle. In the Beginning keep your Ammonia at between 2.0ppm to NO Higher than 3.0ppm. *as Ammonia approachs 4.0ppm - this becomes deadly to the NitrAte producing Bacteria and detrimental to the Ammonia Consuming Nitrite producing Bacteria.* The numbers of Bacteria developed are directly related to the Amount of Available Ammonia. In essence, I can "cycle a tank" with very little Ammonia and 10 of each Bacteria OR with Adequate Ammonia and 10,000 of each. The weakly "cycled tank" (which will "test perfectly") WON'T have Enough Bacteria to Support Fish. One Factor in "correct cycling" resulting in "a crashed tank". These two "schools" of Bacteria are part of Your Stock" just as much as any visible Stock living in your System.
Thanks for sharing your experience with us. My son is just starting up a tank and this will be so useful in helping him get it right. Will look out for any other info you add! Thanks
I added three fish, live rock an anemone and a few crabs before someone at the fish store told me I needed to wait until my tank cycled. That being said you can actually buy Prime to treat the tank daily if you jumped the gun. You can still set up the tank and get it to cycle with the fish in it but you have to keep treating the water until the tank can deal with the ammonia and nitrites on its own.
That's where activated carbon can help mitigate the phosphates, nitrates and ammonia. But you can't run charcoal for too long otherwise it just acts as a sponge taking away too many elements the tank will need
Thank you for being so wonderful with explaining this so clear and patiently! I have the Ammonia bottles and now I need to get the other 4. I wish I would have gotten that API kit.
Remember to shake those bottles before adding the drops. Also if the PH goes straight to the highest value, it might actually be much higher than the amount stated. That's where the high range PH test comes in which should be used instead of the standard PH test. Also wait 5 minutes before looking up the results.
If I am not mistaken (which I may very well be) you should not hold your finger over the tube In place of the cap. so when you shake vigorously the chemicals and your finger are not cross contaminating. which would give you a false reading. I dont put too much pressure on the cap as sometimes it can cause a break in the seal and leak. But i do hold it when I shake the sample back and forth to mix up the solution.
Great video but your master test kit should have a GH and a KH as well. GH and KH will let you know if you need to buffer your water to have a steady PH reading. Especially if your adding CO2 to your tank. But all in all great video well done.
PH measures the balance between acidity and alkalinity, and itself, is unrelated to hardness. Generally speaking, if your tap water is from a municipality, hardness shouldn't be an issue (due to continuous aeration). However, if you're using well water it is absolutely crucial to do a separate test for hardness.
There are actually 2 different types of bacteria colonies that need to be established. One that consumes ammonia (produces nitrites as waste), then the nitrite colony which produces nitrates as waste, which are removed by water changes. Thats why when youre cycling a tank, youll see the ammonia spike, then ammonia will crash to zero but nitrites will be high for another 2 weeks or so while the nitrite colony multiplies. Once you start seeing nitrates, the nitrite colony is starting to grow. When nitrites and ammonia are both zero, do a 75% water change and add fish :)
Just gave me all the information that I have been lividly searching the Internet for in the past 3 hours
Most of what I've been searching for to I twould like to know if I should add water conditioner to the water I'm adding to my tank when I do s water change
@@ByleBorder yeah, Thts the safest and best way, so the fish are never exposed to chlorine and other harmful substances
Is this the correct use of the word livid? Doesnt that translate to that u where angrily/disgustedly searching the internet?
At last!!! I'm not blinded by science, I actually understood everything you said and can relate it to my almost cycled tank. Thank you so much. I almost went and bought fish this morning. You've saved a few little fishy lives. 😊
InstaBlaster.
This was great, I just set up a new tank and I got the gist of the nitro cycle. I think I achieved it while not really knowing what I was doing. I watched many half ass explanations and went off that. This just confirms I did not fuck my tank up. I agree every fish owner needs to watch this. You laid out the info so well and easy to understand, you should be a teacher.
hey man, I really appreciate the positive feedback. I know theres a lot of other videos out there and I am happy to hear you found mine usefull!! :)
thank you! I'm starting an aquarium and this is the first video I've seen in two weeks that actually explained what in the hell the cycle is!
Baylee Hamner same!
Every fish-less cycle I’ve watched always talks about levels and other confusing stuff but thanks to you I understand perfectly how to start a cycle and how to read the test kits correctly.
I literally cannot thank you enough 😂🧡
This is an older video but still the best video I have ever seen on the subject.Bravo !
The only video regarding cycling which makes sense 100%
You are my FAVORITE TEACHER EVER!!! As a new freshwater tank owner and researching from hundreds of different sites for the last 3 days on how to set it up and maintaining it, without killing the fishies I plan on getting for it, I can finally UNDERSTAND!
Excellent video! Thank you so much for taking the time share it in such a clear fashion.
SO APPRECIATED! you got yourself a new subscriber!
thank you. it means a lot to me to read that. I've got some neat tanks in the works I hope you enjoy them! Stay Awesome!!-Tito
great instructional for newbies, but one thing to add/correct... as a chemist, I can tell you two things. 1) uniformity of the drop is important. He has the bottles in an an angle. That's not the correct way, as this will give you drops of various sizes.To make all drops of consistent size, your bottles need to be completely upside down in a vertical position over your test tubes. That will guarantee consistent size on the drops coming out of them. The other thing....2) he doesn't shake the bottles before using them. You need to shake them well IMMEDIATELY BEFORE using each of them. By not shaking them, you'll get inaccurate readings. Other than that, he does a good job with this vlog.
This video came out 10 years ago.clearly in the instructions it says to shake the bottles. For nitrates especially and nitrate 2 vigorously for 1 minute. If we don't follow instructions it probably won't be acurate. Some require waiting for 5 minutes for results. Geeze Louise. How sad. Follow have aquatics for a fantastic tutorial. Thank goodness for accurate and helpful videos.
Kave aquatics instructions are perfect.
Very informative video ! Wish I knew this when I started the aquarium hobby 5 months ago. Now I know what to do
Keep in mind, if your low range PH tests at the highest, 7.4, it might be a good idea to get a high range PH test kit. This is especially helpful if your KH/GH is high as well. Excellent vid!
I have been keeping freshwater fish for years and thought I understood the cycle but I still need some help with it and this video finally explained how to start the cycle without fish thank you so much!!!!
Seth Williams i really appreciate your positive feedback Thank you!
muzhikforchaplin me to lol explained it a lot better than some on here.
Finally a video i see that explains it clearly and to the point! Thanks this was what i needed. Im trying to cycle my tank now, Unfortunately its already fully stocked but at least i know now what im looking for.
I have to say this is the most comprehensive video I came across on cycling a tank yet, you're the only person that gave a simple method of getting the ammonia into the tank. Great job explaining this 😆👍
Your upside down writing skills are commendable besides the informational content of the video.
I bought a test kit because of videos like this telling me how important they are. I used it a few times and the readings were always good and it turned out to be a big waste of money. To keep my water good I just do large regular water changes.That's the way I've been doing it for years. I don't need to know the numbers.
After watching this video I now have a fully cycled 75 gallon aquarium in my room for my goldfish! ;) Thank you for the easy to understand video :)
thank you!!! I am happy to hear your tank is doing great!!-Tito
Yeah! The water parameters are perfect :) What's funny is that right now I only have one 3 inch common goldfish in my 75 gallon lol xD I gotta get her a friend soon; I bet she's lonely o-o Her old buddy(a shubunkin goldfish) passed away after developing dropsy about a month ago :/
+mrsdbzfanforever aw im sorry to hear that :/ I'm sure your new fish will be a welcome addition to the tank! :)
Awesome video! anyone who stumbles across this video should have no problem keeping their fish alive and aquarium healthy.
this is best explanation about water cycle. also its very easily understand because of good video and detail explanation than reading on documents. thank a lot for such great work you are doing. All the best.
Great video sir but just a minor point re the API Ph test result. The 7.6 dark blue reading on the low range Ph test is a *minimum* of 7.6 and could actually represent a significantly higher value. If your Ph reads 7.6 on the low range Ph test, you should test using the API high range Ph test chemical to ensure you're Ph isn't much higher than 7.6. The high range chemical will give Ph results between 7.4 & 8.8.
This rule applies to all the tests. The chemicals will not give colour results outside the range on the card so the result could be worse than you think if you have a reading which matches the colour extremes at the bottom of the card.
I hope that made sense.
One of the most helpful videos I've seen for taking care of a tank. Thanks for all the info.
This is the best video on this subject that I've seen so far. It makes more sense to me than other videos I've seen on You Tube. You made it real easy to understand. Thanks for posting it Dude.
thanks man I really appreciate it. its that kind of support that really makes me want to grow this channel. I've got some cool stuff coming down the pipeline I hope you stay tuned! :)
Michael Wells I agree with you on that one.ive had a new tank running for 2 weeks now.makes more sense to me now..
Thanks so much for this. I'm on about week 3 of cycling a 10 gallon and this information really broke down the crucial points.
Wow! You should charge for this information! :) I am a beginning aquarist and I feel like I just spied in on a class!
I also wanted to make a compliment for encouragement - it is evident that you are very loving with your hobby (profession?). How inspiring!
You think he should charge for reading the directions in the box?
lol...you beat me to it!
I’m 6 years late lol hows it going
great explanation, very simple and clear. I am researching for my first fish tank, so this really helps. Thank you!
Very useful video! Thank you! I want to take care of my goldfishes and have them have long, healthy, happy lives!
Thank you for such a thorough explanation of this! I’ve been searching everywhere for when I do the initial water change while it’s cycling, with no luck, until your video. Thank you, thank you, thank you 🙏😊💖🦐🌱🐾☀️
Finally, it makes sense now. I should have started out with this video. The bit about the fish food as opposed to using fish, most helpful hint I've found so far. Thank you for this video.
Hardness and pH are different things. Hardness is measured in kH. kH can affect your pH, but a high number with pH does not mean "hard water" or high kH necessarily.
very good my friend i had built 175 gallon tank back in colombia i need more of your videos i keep in touch thank you
I appreciate the support brother! I am workin on some new vids!!
Thank you for this info. Very Helpful. And kept my son off my case cause he was in a hurry!!!
Very informative and easy to understand. Would recommend this video to anyone who's just starting out.
i just setup a new 20 gallon tank,, have heater filter airstone .keeping hetrer about 76, and before i was educated on cycling i put 2 nails in tank , there doing fine so im gonna continue to cycle with them , getting test kit tomorrow.. ty for your video it helped me understand the cycle and water changes
do you normally keepy you home cold? otherwise I'd recommend only running the filter. without any fish its not needed to run all the other stuf like lights,heater etc.
YES HOUSE IS NOT REAL WARM I DONT LIKE IT STUFFY
BEST .. straight forward video information, i have yet to see....and i for one am very very thankful
Stormy S. Ontario Canada
What a fantastic easy to follow instructional video on this fish-less cycling with the API test. Exact same thing I'm going through right now,...finically I get it. Great work..now subscribed.
Thank you for the video.. Definitely gave me a better perspective, on what I need to do, to keep a healthy tank.. Been out of the hobby, for quite a few year's, but getting back into it.. And just watching what everyone else has been doing, or is currently.. 😉👍
Hi dude. Just want to say thanks a million for taking the time to make such a well made and very educational video :) I look forward to more :)
Great you explained it simple but easy to learn
This is the best, most direct video on this topic that I have seen. Thanks for posting
Direct but in most of the information misguided. Proceed with caution. He means well but some of what he presents is wrong and other important information is not even touched on. He tried to cover too much info in one vid instead of researching and getting one part right. Also your LFS will tell you Fish Forums online are a bad place for correct information, more for what not to do. Careful on WebMD as an example.
Thank you so much!! Great video, very novice friendly. I learned something new today!!!
You and this video helped me understand a lot! This whole cycling thing was getting me so confused that I started thinking twice about getting my first betta fish, but now I think I will be able to manage as it doesn't seem as hard as it looked like when I first started my research on cycling lol. Thank you so much
Awesome video. New to the fish world. I'm trying to start a cichlid tank and was a little confuse about the water cycling but you cleared it all up for me. Thank you!
Thanks for your video. I am a new aquarium owner and found it most helpful.
Thank you thank you for your water cycle demonstration. Your explanation cleared up many of my questions.
Very well presented. Thank you.
Wow! Such a great, detailed and informative video! Very grateful for all the info! Thanks
Great video. Should be played on a loop at petco or whatever the bad fish shop in your area is called.
I know its old, but THANK you for this video! it was very informative!! i learned so very much...most i've read online but it seemed to make more sense hearing it from you! thank you for the video! im about to start a 75 gal planted fresh water aquarium and have bought books and researched online but i haven't read anything this extensive on cycling the tank! thanks again! :)
I know I am being super picky here, but hold all of the bottles straight up and down to get the same size drops. When you squeeze from a side angle like that you can get different size drops and it can affect the accuracy of the reading on those multi part tests.
And like the other commenter said, you are supposed to shake the Nitrate test for one minute before adding the second.
You also want to wait FIVE minutes before taking those readings against the chart. Some of those chemicals will colorize differently at cooler temperatures in the house.
if my tap water is testing at .25 ppm for amonia and every time i test my tank water i ALWAYS without failure get the same .25ppm amonia result; could my test kit be faulty?
@@reidsmith3002 watch prime time aquatics vid on ammonia test kits lying. He explains this great. Just search ammonia test kits lying in search bar.
Very good question! there are two different types of hardness. Physical hardness "PH" and karbonate hardness "KH" Ph refers to acidic. or alkaline.
Potential Hydrogen. Check a chemistry book. It corresponds to the concentration of H+ (aka acid) in water - aka the upper case H for the element Hydrogen - the lower the number the highest the concentration of H+.
For nerds how remember math a pH of 1 is actually 10^-1 [H+] and a pH of 14 is 10^-14.
excellent video!! Very Informative!! enjoyed it, learned from it. I will definitely watch more of your vids.... thank you!!!
I thought this video was really helpful. I have done quite a bit of research so far but felt a bit panicked by the other videos and articles I have read about this. Feel loads more chilled about cycling and populating our first tank after watching this.Thank you :)
Thank you. This is the first and only video that has helped me understand this!
straight to the point excellent video for information
Awesome! This video helped me out alot on understanding the cycle of bacteria and how to understand deadly chemicals to your fish
Thank you so much for this information. My local aquarium shop said putting food in there will dirty up the tank but I think I will do it this way anyway, I can always clean up algae etc. :) plus once I move my Corys in there they will go to work on the Algae. :)
There are 2 Separate Strains of Bacteria. The First develop in the presence of Ammonia. THESE produce Nitrite.
The Second Strain convert Nitrite into NitrAte. This second strain will NOT begin to develop until the First Strain has produced adequate Nitrite.
Find and use *SEACHEM Stability* to provide the Bacteria Spores that produce the two Bacteria Strains.
The Pattern of the initial development of the "Nitrogen Cycle" is:
1) Ammonia Spike!
2) Nitrite Spike! (Here you will find decreasing Ammonia.)
3) Appearance and Increase of NitrAte as Nitrite.
4) When your Water tests 0.0 ppm for Both Ammonia and Nitrite, with Steadily INCREASING NitrAte - This is a functioning, sustaining Nitrogen Cycle.
In the Beginning keep your Ammonia at between 2.0ppm to NO Higher than 3.0ppm. *as Ammonia approachs 4.0ppm - this becomes deadly to the NitrAte producing Bacteria and detrimental to the Ammonia Consuming Nitrite producing Bacteria.*
The numbers of Bacteria developed are directly related to the Amount of Available Ammonia.
In essence, I can "cycle a tank" with very little Ammonia and 10 of each Bacteria OR with Adequate Ammonia and 10,000 of each.
The weakly "cycled tank" (which will "test perfectly") WON'T have Enough Bacteria to Support Fish.
One Factor in "correct cycling" resulting in "a crashed tank".
These two "schools" of Bacteria are part of Your Stock" just as much as any visible Stock living in your System.
Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
My son is just starting up a tank and this will be so useful in helping him get it right.
Will look out for any other info you add!
Thanks
Great explanation of the cycle process. I took a screen shot of the cart board so I can refer to it quickly
Thanks! This was great!
thank you great teaching now i really do understand my kit
awesome video so informative clear sound & easy to understand getting my tank ready for discuss so excited ...
I added three fish, live rock an anemone and a few crabs before someone at the fish store told me I needed to wait until my tank cycled. That being said you can actually buy Prime to treat the tank daily if you jumped the gun. You can still set up the tank and get it to cycle with the fish in it but you have to keep treating the water until the tank can deal with the ammonia and nitrites on its own.
That's where activated carbon can help mitigate the phosphates, nitrates and ammonia. But you can't run charcoal for too long otherwise it just acts as a sponge taking away too many elements the tank will need
Thank you for being so wonderful with explaining this so clear and patiently! I have the Ammonia bottles and now I need to get the other 4. I wish I would have gotten that API kit.
Best video out there thank you for this it has saved my hours of reading through forums.
U r teaching levels r
Very nice
This was unbelievably helpful for an aquarium newbie (me lol). Thank you!!
Thanks helpfull information without going over the top.Thanks.
wow! I have been doing it all wrong..oh god I feel soo bad for my poor fish.
thank you, this is the best video on this subject ever!
Thanks dude u helped me out alot. Keep up with the good vids!
thanks for your time,best vid on this subject ive seen ,clear easy to understand and its gone in
Very informative video, i've learned a lot from it. Thank you for sharing
Wow... thank you. I have learned so much.. I appreciate your efforts to sharing your knowledge. You explained it well.
Very much appreciated I will be starting a 20 gallon long cycle soon 🙂
Simple & very informative.All my doubts cleared.Tnx.
Thank you!!!! Best explanation of cycling a tank on here lol I finally got it now!
Very very well said been needing that information👌👌
Thank you. This was a wonderful and informative Video.
Great video I finally know when to do my first water change!
Remember to shake those bottles before adding the drops. Also if the PH goes straight to the highest value, it might actually be much higher than the amount stated. That's where the high range PH test comes in which should be used instead of the standard PH test. Also wait 5 minutes before looking up the results.
Fantastic tutorial made clear and simple. Thank you very much.
thank you!!
If I am not mistaken (which I may very well be) you should not hold your finger over the tube In place of the cap. so when you shake vigorously the chemicals and your finger are not cross contaminating. which would give you a false reading. I dont put too much pressure on the cap as sometimes it can cause a break in the seal and leak. But i do hold it when I shake the sample back and forth to mix up the solution.
You are the best. Very informative video. Thank you
Great video but your master test kit should have a GH and a KH as well.
GH and KH will let you know if you need to buffer your water to have a steady PH reading. Especially if your adding CO2 to your tank. But all in all great video well done.
Very informative
Great job in explaining how to set up tropical tank😊
PH measures the balance between acidity and alkalinity, and itself, is unrelated to hardness. Generally speaking, if your tap water is from a municipality, hardness shouldn't be an issue (due to continuous aeration). However, if you're using well water it is absolutely crucial to do a separate test for hardness.
Great video, helped me a lot, phablet fine, ammonia fine and nitrate fine, I need to get a nitrite test kit, .
Great video thank you.
Super informative. Thanks for making it easy to understand. Most videos I have watched are kind of confusing. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for this! Best video i've seen on this subject yet. so helpful
Thanks this is the best explanation right to the point.
Very informative video, liked alot most decently checking your other videos...
There are actually 2 different types of bacteria colonies that need to be established. One that consumes ammonia (produces nitrites as waste), then the nitrite colony which produces nitrates as waste, which are removed by water changes. Thats why when youre cycling a tank, youll see the ammonia spike, then ammonia will crash to zero but nitrites will be high for another 2 weeks or so while the nitrite colony multiplies. Once you start seeing nitrates, the nitrite colony is starting to grow. When nitrites and ammonia are both zero, do a 75% water change and add fish :)
OMG!!! Finally!!! Thank you very much for this video, the best out there about cycling the tank. Very helpful. :)))
Detailed good instructions, thank you. Gave you a sub.
Ben Ochart thank you so much for the kind words!!
Great advice
Great video Thanks for sharing
Double thumps up. Thanks