Also from my orginal post (not trying to be rude):
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I started with fishless cycling using ammonia for the first week. Ammonia was from Wal-Mart and contained ‘chelating agents’. Hardness went through the roof so I did a 95% w/c and started over, cycling with 10 small fish.
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Now maybe we're getting to the source of the problem. I personally think this is it, but what do I know?
I dosed the tank with the ammonia I got from Wal-Mart as follows:
2/16/2008
Added 70 ml Cycle and 40 ml Ammonia
2/16/2008 Measured Ammonia 7.00
2/17/2008 Measured Ammonia 5.00
2/18/2008 Measured NH3 and NO2 4.00 0.25
2/20/2008 Measured NH3, NO2, & NO3 3.00 1.00 10.00
2/20/2008
Added 5 ml Ammonia
2/21/2008 Measured NH3, NO2, & NO3 1.00 2.00 5.00
2/21/2008
Added 20 ml Ammonia
2/22/2008 Measured NH3, NO2, & NO3 0.25 2.00 60.00
2/22/2008 50% water change +
added 30 ml Ammonia
2/23/2008 Measured NH3 and NO2 2.00 2.00
2/23/2008
Added 30 ml Ammonia + 25 ml Cycle
2/24/2008 Measured Everything 0.00 1.00 5.00
2/24/2008 gH was 483. Decided to end fishless cycle.
2/24/2008 95% water change (planted new plants) checked water paramters
2/25/2008 Started cycling with fish. (added 10 small fish)
I stuffed the tank with all the plants we could fit in. All fast growing (as I could find).
Here is the tank after a 90% w/c w/new plants.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/i...h/IMG_0184.jpg