small cycles

[jadakiss]

ive read in a article that every time u put a new fish to a tank that has cycled it goes through a small cycle. is this true or false??

 

[DevIouS]

Adding fish will affect the bio-load.
:fish:

 

[chazertis]

the bacterial converting ammonia to nitrite and the bacterial converting nitrite to nitrate will have to play catch up for a bit to deal with the extra waste. you may see a small spike in these levels depending on what fish u add and how many gallons your tank is

in short, true. haha

 

[Hitsnorth]

The fact is the "cycle" is a constant process. When you introduce more bioload the bacteria need to catch up.

 

[marrone]

In a new or fairly new tank this is true and you can every see it not only when you introduce a new fish but when you feed very heavy, specially with squid or clams. In a tank that is older, where you have a heavier bio load and have fed a lot in past, the bacteria has been bulit up and can handle the increase in load and you mayn't see any new cycle at all. In both case in the end you'll see an increase in Nitrates, which is the end process of the cycle.

Back in the mid 80's people where adding ammonia cholride to their tanks,(wet/dry filters), at the point where the tank was just starting to cycle. This will help increase the bactiera to the point where it could handle
a heavy load right out of the box.

David(Spikes) was doing some thing like this recently to his system.