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Cycling helper

Find out where your tank is in the nitrogen cycle.

Use a liquid test kit, and enter 0 when a test shows no colour.

Are there fish in the tank?

Enter all three readings to see where your tank is.

What it tells you

A new tank has no beneficial bacteria. Ammonia rises first, then nitrite, then nitrate, and only when ammonia and nitrite both read zero is the tank cycled. The helper turns your readings into the next steps.

Limits

Test kits vary, and timings vary with temperature and the bacteria you start with. Treat the advice as a guide, and be cautious with fish in the tank.

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