The Nitrogen Cycle : How to Cycle your Aquarium & Troubleshooting

[@michaelfairfield6709]

Hello Richelle, please, please, keep up the great instructional videos, very well informed. Great work, Mike.

[@QuebecCichlides]

Thank you :) Lucky for you, I've been up to this for 2 years! There are a lot of videos to binge watch :P

[@guanacoyyz9646]

Salut Richelle!!! Merci beaucoup pour tes videos remplies de conseilles et de sagesse :-) Je suis nouveau dans l'hobbie et je commence aujourd'hui avec mon nouveau tanque. Ce video est un tres bon debut!!!! Merci encore!

[@shanika120]

I knew pretty much all of this already, but I was curious and was absolutely not disappointed. This is an amazing video!

[@QuebecCichlides]

Thank you 😊 It's a pretty basic subject, but it's a must for a fish tube channel

[@shippingexpert]

Another well put together video. I lost 2 tanks of baby plecos due to over cleaning my filters. Never gave it much thought until I saw the results. Made perfect sense. Hindsight is always 50-50. PS at 8:20 CURELTY is misspelled. Yeah sometimes my OCD kicks in.

[@QuebecCichlides]

Thank you for your comment. I'm sorry to hear about your tanks. Even now I find there is a lot of bad information out there about the nitrogen cycle. I fixed my subtitles. Thank you for pointing it out. I don't have any peer reviewers. I appreciate the help.

[@allisonkehoe7112]

Hello! Ammonia has zeroed out, nitrites have spiked and staying high for about 3 weeks. Nitrates are over 40 ppm this is fishless. I want to speed this along, what do I do?

[@CDNJonWells]

Genial Richelle, I have a 100% Quebec Cichlids tank, you guys have given me so much advice every time I come into the store. Great video, sharing it with others

[@QuebecCichlides]

+Jon Wells Hi Jon. Thanks for the comment and the share :-) I'm glad you like your fish. It's always a pleasure to see you and help you out with your aqua-project.

[@jorgechavira7729]

Richelle, what must I do that is the first thing that triggers the nitrogen cycle?

[@kartikraina3560]

I had an already cycled tank with one goldfish in it and canister filter with 2 layers of biological filter. The moment I introduced new fishes there was spike in ammonia & nitrite. Do I need to add stability or just wait

[@1982wish]

I use 70:30 ratio for RO:Tap since TDS is very high..what do you recommend

[@Mrmike710]

hi great video and I'm hoping I'm not making any mistakes...but I recently upgraded to 20g from my 10g.I have currently 3 glofish,1 pleco.I used my old filter bio media from the 10g and put into a new filter for the 20g along with some new media..I also transferred over the gravel substrate from the old tank also.At first I had my fish in a QT container and then I added them into my new tank.Now in the back of mind I was thinking I didn't want to cycle with the fish..But now that their in the tank im checking the water parameters constantly and using seachem prime,because i know before the cycle can start there has to be an ammonia spike(my fish are in there but for some strange reason they are not showing any signs of ammonia stress.When I last tested the water with the API master kit it showing ammonia at 0.25 ppm of course I dosed with prime.Although both nitrites and nitrates are still at 0ppm..Have I done anything wrong so far(except for the fish in cycle)?I was also using seachem stability for 7 days but during that time everything was at 0ppm.I havent done any water changes yet,due to the fact of the fish in cycle or am I supposed to?Please i would greatly appreciate any advice or suggestions you might have

[@Mrmike710]

I know i wrote so much but I'm hoping I haven't made any mistakes..i love this hobby just got back into it.

[@thisisGullyLife]

How can you wash the decorations without losing beneficial bacteria?

[@gblanco728]

Hi, I have a 45 gal high tank, I'm running a Sunsun hw-303b on it. Should I add the Sunsun hw-302 to it? Thank you for your time.

[@misodinamosa]

What about substrate & decor? Doesn’t that house good bacteria?

[@QuebecCichlides]

it does...but not enough to cycle most tanks

[@dennisruedel]

Hi Rochelle, I just recently subbed your channel and have enjoyed your videos. They have been very informative and entertaining with a lot of facts I personally agree with. I wish I lived closer to visit your shop as I am from the US in the state of Illinois. I have a 220 gallon aquarium with all Malawi haps, about half common haps and the other half Predator haps all ranging from 6-11 inches. My favorites are the Aristochromis Christyi and the Champsochromis Caeruleus. Anyways, I'm glad you are doing your videos in English and look forward to your next. Thanks very much for sharing

[@QuebecCichlides]

+Denny's Aquatics Hi Danny, thanks for your comment. It's too bad that you're so far away, we would have had fun comparing haps. My personal favorite predator happy is the fossorochromis rostratus. I once had a breeder colony where the males were 12 inches and fully colored. I had never seen such a beautiful fish

[@oceandreamer7]

Great review! I hope to visit your store one day.

[@QuebecCichlides]

+oceandreamer7 Thanks for the comment. I look forward to seeing you.

[@Gomangoman11]

Is it advisable to use a whole bottle of BB for a new tank? I have a 4 oz bottle, should I just throw it in over a couple days?

[@hollykrick7598]

I've had my 56 gal tank for a few years now. Lately my water has been really cloudy. I use the Seacham products. My water will clear somewhat but after two weeks will get cloudier & cloudier. I've been doing 20 to 25 gallon water changes every 2 weeks. And full tank clean (filters, plants, substrate) monthly. Still cloudy. When you say 10% change weekly, DO I ADD THE SEACHAM PRIME MEASURED FOR THE WHOLE 56 GALLONS OR THE 10% WATER CHANGE. ?? Do u know what I mean? I don't know if I should measure the Seacham products for the whole tank or just the new water being put in?

[@QuebecCichlides]

It depends on what you use the Seachem Prime for : ►To remove chlorine : 1 cap / 50 gal of new water ►To detoxify ammonia and nitrite : 1 cap/50gal / 1ppm of ammonia. Here's a video about what to do with cloudy water. Good luck : kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6CkkHV7gbh_ibM

[@AquaKri]

Very informative. Thank you for sharing.

[@QuebecCichlides]

+AquaKri Thanks for the comment. Glad you liked it.

[@mickcummins5331]

Thank you for your very informative vids. At time: 5:27 or so, did you say you should change your water "weekly"? Is that really necessary if your Nitrates are only 5 ppm. Some KZbin Vids say no need to change if under 20 ppm. I suppose this would likely depend on what type of freshwater fish you have, how many, etc. Thanks.

[@QuebecCichlides]

If its under 20ppm, you can go a little longer. In the african cichlid tank, weekly is usually what you have to do. It's easier to integrate water changes to your routine if do them on the same day, rather than a different day each week.

[@johanmaree8971]

Hi there. Great video and I learned so much. I just setup my first aquarium today (30 liters). I am happy to wait the time out for the cycle to complete but how do you start the cycle and how do keep the cycle progressing? My understanding is that it starts with ammonia but where does the ammonia comes from if there are no fish in the tank? How do you keep “fuelling” the process with ammonia without fish. Thanks for a great channel and I already subscribed!!

[@QuebecCichlides]

Welcome to the hobby. Get bacterial enhancers at your local fish store. They'll be able to guide you to the brand they sell 😊

[@richardm239]

i have been cycling my tank for over a month and the nitrites do not seem to be lowering what do i do

[@QuebecCichlides]

+richardm239 that's usually because the filter is either not strong enough for your tank or because the cycle took longer to start so you're at "week 2" instead of "week 4"

[@mattrenaud8426]

I love your vids!! I look forward to seeing them . thank you. Your a long trip from whare I am in peterborough ontario. I also enjoy via train to montreral maybe in the future ill come have a tour of your store.. Again thank you

[@QuebecCichlides]

Thanks for your comment Matt :D If ever you're in town, swing by the store. If you want some of my fish, I can ship to Peterborough through FedEx Ground. I'm working on getting some awesome african cichlids in very soon! There will be pre-orders, we'll send out the list by tonight or tomorrow (as soon as I can get it done) Sub to my newsletter to get the list once it's ready : www.quebec-cichlides.com/newsletter/subscription Moins

[@dawidolivier3247]

I came here for the video but got lost in ur eyes. They r beautifull.

[@metaph6]

What should we do if tap water is the source of ammonia? My tap water contains 1 ppm ammonia... and is the reason I have yet to set up my tank.

[@QuebecCichlides]

Hi there. That's not good. Don't drink that water. Look into a RODI to remove the ammonia. You plug it directly on your tap. What country are you from? I'll send you a link to the one I recommend.

[@metaph6]

@@QuebecCichlides I live in Virginia (USA). Somebody told me that my test kit could be reading chloramines as ammonia. Either way, removing them is an absolute necessity before I set up a fish tank! What kind of an RO unit would you recommend? And would you recommend that I add something to the water after it's been filtered? I'm assuming an RO unit will take out all the minerals that could be beneficial, as well. :(

[@juliancooper329]

hello wowyou are pretty an smart an thank you for all your help

[@QuebecCichlides]

Thank you 😁 I'm glad you like my videos. This is one of my first ones!

[@jennysteed5243]

I just got a bigger tank for my betta. I took nearly all of the water from his old tank in to the new tank. I think that will be ok....or...? I have no live plants yet in the tank. You really scared me here....

[@QuebecCichlides]

It's the filter you have to move. Move the ceramics and sponges to the new tank 😉

[@jennysteed5243]

@@QuebecCichlides Thank you...

[@prathaplingam4176]

I like ur expressions 😘

[@rockafellagurung2541]

She is reading the dialogue lol. She is not even blinking her eyes 😂😂😂

[@QuebecCichlides]

You found out I'm a robot!!! Damn I knew I should have installed the blinking software 😅

[@andreasimpson6524]

I have a problem hearing everything as you talk very fast. A good so it would help if you post a list of the products that you recommend so we can purchase them. You said some type of prime and something for the nitratres.

[@QuebecCichlides]

Hi Andrea, You can put the captions (subtitles) on for this video by clicking on the "gear" at the bottom of the video screen. All of the products are mentioned in the video description and there are links to purchase them 😉

[@trevorwillis8131]

hi without being controversial i have never cycled a tank fishless and i have been keeping fish for over 30 years i run the tank for one week and add fluval cycle to my filter after a week i add say two mbuna feed little but keep adding fluval cycle week two add two more fish and so on. i have never lost a fish this way. also from experience i would not recommend seachem prime if you add just abit too much it takes all the oxygen out of the water you will find your fish at the surface struggling to breathe. now thats not good. without sounding arrogant as im not i have never used a test kit after 30 plus years you kind of get to understand the water the smell the fishes behaviour how they are acting it kind of becomes a sixth sense.

[@zoscoastfishkeepers2703]

I think u should keep your channel in English ;) you might get a bigger following if it's in english. I love French it's a sexy but I only know a few words.. Your channel is awesome and hope it stays in English ;) either way thank you for the information and good luck

[@QuebecCichlides]

+Reuben Daniel Cavazos Hi Reuben, thanks for your comment. Don't worry, I won't be switching to French ;-)

[@Desperado070]

plants eat nitrates to?!?

[@QuebecCichlides]

They do. What I have found is that, even in a tank fully stocked with plants, you still would have to make some water changes. They don't eat it all.

[@amitmacwan2149]

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[@QuebecCichlides]

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[@leonspike9080]

Troubleshoooteng! Lol

[@Chilinoploppy]

You didn't blink until 1:26 in the video. Creepy asf. Otherwise great video.

[@QuebecCichlides]

Installing "Human-Mimic : Blink" software. Hardware not found : "Human-Body : eyelids" Purchase hardware to continue with installation.

[@davidjones702]

I'm new to this and now I know why I killed 6 fish in 2 days😣

[@QuebecCichlides]

Live an learn! Here is another video that might interest you : kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXTEeXuQab91g6M Take your knowledge to the next level!

[@davidjones702]

@@QuebecCichlides thank you much. I'm in the process of watching all of your vids. Learned so much in a few days.