cycling a new tank

Laura and Jim will be hosting the May meeting this Saturday the 12th and it will be the usual of food, drinks, raffle and fun.
 
Doors will be open at 6:00 pm for social talk and the meeting will start at 7:00.  Parking gets a little tight and the city says you can't park on 4th but there is a parking lot a block away.   Meeting is usually held in the backyard so feel free to bring your favorite lawn chair, weather permitting of course.

If you need address/directions, contact a club member.

Best if you park at Mini Mall (where the spaghetti establishment use to be)
 
You will get to see his new frag tank set up in the making.
 
Hope to see you there!

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[fishdude]

Hi to everyone in the club,
 I was wondering if anyone might have an idea about how long it takes for a tanks water chemitry to even out. We set up our 50 gallon about three weeks ago, but still getting 0.1 nitrite levels showing up in my water tests. been doing about 20% water changes everyday for a couple of days. I'm hoping it will even out soon :?: I also was wondering about a Maxi Jet 600 pump that Shane told me about, that someone in the Club had one for sale for $15.00. He forgot to mention who :?: If Shanes info is correct and you still have it for sale, please let me know.

 Feb. meeting was great. Thank you Les for a great meeting and for the Zeania and Scimmer.
                                   Fishdude

[angelscrx]

What kind of a test kit do you have?  SOmetimes you can get different readings from different test kits.  Salifert seems to be the preferred kits for a lot of people.  A new tank cycle can take awhile so the following will help us look at different things:

How much rock do you have and was it cured before you got it?

How did you start the cycle ie. food, fish, uncured rock?

What are you other parameters?

Thanks