Quote Originally Posted by alane View Post
Well, you are starting up a tank, so expect all kind of weird stuff to happen to the water. At the beginning of this year, I also started an FBT tank. I got a water test kit and observed the process of cycling...many days of very high ammonia. Then that went away followed by many days of very high nitrite. Then that went away and I am left with nothing but nitrates. It took five to six weeks in all. The water went through some changes for sure. I have many toads. 5 adults and countless juveniles in 15 gallons (7 inches) of water and somehow the water remains stable. External canister filter.

My frogs were in there the whole time during the cycling process. Early on I got some foam but it disappeared within a week. I'm realizing that these frogs are actually capable of living in some pretty filthy water (in the wild).

Man that's a ton of toads! Yeah I'm extremely familiar with the nitrogen cycle, I'll have no problem with that. I'm glad you kept yours in, I was wondering if Ammonia burn was a thing for froggers, but apparently they're pretty tough lol. I did the same thing to my frog tank as I have done with my 75 gal community tank, I seeded it with beneficial bacteria right away, took about a week and a half for me to have ammonia rise from .50 ppm to 0.0!! I'm pretty impatient with freshwater... So hopefully the cycle goes by fairly quickly in the frog tank. I guess I should've expected some weird stuff to happen, thank you for your reply!! I really appreciate it!