Would It Pose A Problem?

[Kalib]

The nitrites in my tank is almost 0. Expecting it to hit 0 either tomorrow or this weekend.

However, i won't be able to add any fish until next Tuesday as i won't be in this weekend. I've also run out of tablets for my nitrite testkit so i won't be able to test tomorrow morning if the nitrites has hit 0 or not. That means its likely i won't be buying any fish tomorrow to play safe.

So if the tank is without an ammonia source for this few days(Fri till Tues) would alot of the bacteria die?

[junyong84]

eh, what ammonia source is that???

get a new test kit...

[Kalib]

No what i'm saying is that after i'm done with cycling( ammonia already 0, nitrite should hit 0 either tomorrow or this weekend) can i leave the tank alone for a few days. I'm also getting a testkit tomorrow afternoon. So if the nitrite turns out to be 0, is it ok to leave the tank running for the next few days?

Sorry about any confusion, the ammonia source stated here would be the fish which produces the bioload for the bacteria to process.

[KingFish]

I would not be too overly concerned about leaving the cycle to mature a little further. The bacteria would not die out so fast unless you starve it of oxygen.

Get a Nitrate (NO3) testkit instead, you'll need it more often from now on. Test the water when you come back from your weekend.

With detection of NO3 on the rise, you can proceed to do a 30-50% of water change, and you'll be ready to stock ... at a very slow pace.

[Kalib]

Oh ok.

Then i'll leave it fishless for the weekend then.