My dads new cichlid tank

[zhuber]

Has anyone used that to cycle your tank what's everyone's input my dads putting in distiller water he has coral gravel I believe and fake rocks in a 60 gallon can I have some advice and stocking ideas

 

[Convict2161]

Has anyone used that to cycle your tank what's everyone's input my dads putting in distiller water he has coral gravel I believe and fake rocks in a 60 gallon can I have some advice and stocking ideas

I'll admit I used it in a friends saltwater tank. Couldn't tell you if it helped or not. We still cycled the tank. Sorry...

 

[zhuber]

I'll admit I used it in a friends saltwater tank. Couldn't tell you if it helped or not. We still cycled the tank. Sorry...

Did it work or harm anything? He bought it on his own

 

[Convict2161]

Did it work or harm anything? He bought it on his own

It didn't harm anything. But we did cycle the tank for 4 weeks. So I guess it could have helped.

 

[zhuber]

He's impatient how long with that stuff will the cycle take you think?

 

[Convict2161]

He's impatient how long with that stuff will the cycle take you think?

It claims overnight but your taking a chance IMO.

 

[Convict2161]

Also I know it may be frowned upon by some but..

You can always do a fish in cycle, add the colony and some (not all) fish and do a fish in cycle.

 

[Wade91789]

I used SeaChem Stability to cycle my 29g and it worked wonderfully freshwater tho

 

[zhuber]

I used SeaChem Stability to cycle my 29g and it worked wonderfully freshwater tho

Well ill let his run test the water in two days I wouldn't of used a chemical but he won't listen to me

 

[Convict2161]

Well ill let his run test the water in two days I wouldn't of used a chemical but he won't listen to me

Eh... To each there own, just keep checking parameters and you'll be fine

 

[Scottyhorse]

Make sure he tests a couple times a day, and does plenty of water changes! I too would rather cycle with plants or fishless, but eh. If it doesn't work and he looses a bunch of money on nice cichlids, maybe he will think twice about it next time....

 

[zhuber]

Make sure he tests a couple times a day, and does plenty of water changes! I too would rather cycle with plants or fishless, but eh. If it doesn't work and he looses a bunch of money on nice cichlids, maybe he will think twice about it next time....

Yeah we'll let's cross put fingers

 

[Wolfsblood]

I used it and it did absolutely nothing. Added it during my fishless cycle then added another bottle 2 weeks later. Still took 2 weeks to start producing nitrites. The cycle was finally complete after 5 weeks.

 

[Wade91789]

A good fish to use to cycle a tank is a couple bait gold fish lol my brother got a couple to cycle a tank with they were 3" for a dollar lol

 

[Wolfsblood]

A good fish to use to cycle a tank is a couple bait gold fish lol my brother got a couple to cycle a tank with they were 3" for a dollar lol

I would highly reccomend not doing this. Those feeder goldfish generally have all sorts of disease/parasites. You can get lucky with them but you can also be terribly unlucky.

 

[Wade91789]

We've had him for a while now. We keep him just for this reason lol

 

[zhuber]

We've had him for a while now. We keep him just for this reason lol

That's funny. And hopefully he figures it out an it works out for him

 

[zhuber]

He's got sixty gallons I was gone for the day he put barbs a gourami and a shark in there he dosent listen to what I have to say.