cycling! help!!!

[fisshy]

??? ok well i setup my 35 gallon tank just alitlle over 2 weeks ago. my ammonia read 0 for 3days now and so does nitrite...havn't test nitrate

the tank is growing brown alge like crazy

do u think it has cycled??

and some advice to get rid of brown algae??

thanks

 

[Wonderwoman]

haha where to start...
what's in your tank?  fish?  are you doing fishless cycling?
brown algae will usually be gotten rid of my increasing light, or by getting little ottocats to eat it up...
you say your ammonia read 0 for 3 days...what has it read before?

 

[fisshy]

I have 1 bala shark and a pleco

amonnia read pretty high and so did nitrite...they spiked for sure!

 

[koolkatzfish]

Test for nitrates, if you have nitrates you are cycling.  2 weeks is awful fast for a cycle.  But I suppose it is possible.

 

[tlfphoto]

Tank cycling is not needed per last month or the month before's TFH. Let it run overnight to see if it leaks and then add a few fish. Don't overload it! All 5 of my tanks were never cycled and they are fine. Use Carbon with Zeolite and it will take care of ammonia. Also you ca use Nitro zorb to take care of the nitrate.