Cycling the tank
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Well have you thought of fishless cycling?
Personally i like to fishless than fish cycle because of some of the perks like:
1) You can add all your fish at once instead of having to slowly add them.
2) It is usually faster than fish cycling.
3) You dont harm any fish unlike if you were fish cycling.
4) It is easier than cycling with fish because you dont have to do water changes if the Ammonia levels get to high... you would have to do water changes to keep your fish in the tank alive if you would go fish cycling.
What you would need for a fishless or fish cycle would be test kits for Ammonia, nitrIte, and nitrAte. Also for a fishless cycle you would need just a bottle of clear ammonia that has no additives.
The only perk of fish cycling would be:
1) That you would have fish automatically....
That is the only thing i can think of.
Well, anyway if you are still stuck on having a fish cycle a good fish to start out with would be white cloud mountain minnows... They are hardy, peaceful, and cheap. But i still strongly recommend fishless cycling...
What happens is that ammonia is changed to nitrite then nitrite to nitrate....
Ammonia and Nitrite should be zero, the nitrate should be below 20 ppm.
Here is another great link for fishless cycling adn for the low down on cycling in general...
http://www.myfishtank.net/articles/fishlesscycle.php
Good luck,
Daniel
Personally i like to fishless than fish cycle because of some of the perks like:
1) You can add all your fish at once instead of having to slowly add them.
2) It is usually faster than fish cycling.
3) You dont harm any fish unlike if you were fish cycling.
4) It is easier than cycling with fish because you dont have to do water changes if the Ammonia levels get to high... you would have to do water changes to keep your fish in the tank alive if you would go fish cycling.
What you would need for a fishless or fish cycle would be test kits for Ammonia, nitrIte, and nitrAte. Also for a fishless cycle you would need just a bottle of clear ammonia that has no additives.
The only perk of fish cycling would be:
1) That you would have fish automatically....
That is the only thing i can think of.
Well, anyway if you are still stuck on having a fish cycle a good fish to start out with would be white cloud mountain minnows... They are hardy, peaceful, and cheap. But i still strongly recommend fishless cycling...
What happens is that ammonia is changed to nitrite then nitrite to nitrate....
Ammonia and Nitrite should be zero, the nitrate should be below 20 ppm.
Here is another great link for fishless cycling adn for the low down on cycling in general...
http://www.myfishtank.net/articles/fishlesscycle.php
Good luck,
Daniel
