cliffy1203
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hello everyone,
I'm new to aquariums. I just set up a 46 gallon tank with tropical community fish and I asked the LFS for a first set of fish to cycle my tank.
I have 5 sunburst platies, 3 sailfin mollies, and 2 dalmatian mollies, and I love to watch them swim around.
Anyway, my question concerns the first "cycle". I have a small ammonia meter in the tank and it never has really changed color, only the end of the strip turned a little green twice but then went back to yellow. Is this the "ammonia spike" I should be looking for? It doesn't seem like very much.
I am running both an AquaClear 70 hang-on-back filter as well as an Eheim Ecco Pro+ canister filter. Could my two filters affect the development of the first cycle? Or do I not have enough fish to see a true ammonia spike? I am also adding a product called "stability" that the LFS recommended.
How do I know when I can add more fish?
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give!
cliffy1203
I'm new to aquariums. I just set up a 46 gallon tank with tropical community fish and I asked the LFS for a first set of fish to cycle my tank.
I have 5 sunburst platies, 3 sailfin mollies, and 2 dalmatian mollies, and I love to watch them swim around.
Anyway, my question concerns the first "cycle". I have a small ammonia meter in the tank and it never has really changed color, only the end of the strip turned a little green twice but then went back to yellow. Is this the "ammonia spike" I should be looking for? It doesn't seem like very much.
I am running both an AquaClear 70 hang-on-back filter as well as an Eheim Ecco Pro+ canister filter. Could my two filters affect the development of the first cycle? Or do I not have enough fish to see a true ammonia spike? I am also adding a product called "stability" that the LFS recommended.
How do I know when I can add more fish?
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give!
cliffy1203