Goldfish, to cycle tank

[Satsumas]

First of all, is this ok? the water has been treated and has been in there for 2 days now. Will goldfish do the job?
I've heard they can take a range of temperatures and i know there pretty damn hardy so i reckon it'll be ok.

Any thoughts or sugestions?

 

[willowthepoet]

what do you plan to do with the goldfish after cycling? unless you're planning on having a goldfish tank, you'll have to find something to do with it.

a fishless cycle is more humane, and you don't have to worry about doing water changes to keep the fish comfortable.

just go to a hardware store and buy some pure ammonia, put it in the tank and watch the cycle happen. no work needed besides testing params (unless i've been doing it horribly wrong...)

 

[Satsumas]

Thanks for your reply,
We have a golfish tank in our house aswell, i would just put a couple in the tank and let them do the cycling, afterwards i would return them to their original tank. I thought of using goldfish bacause they are pretty hardy fish, that would probably be ok in my new tank, with new treated water.
what do you think?

 

[Fishyfanatic]

I would go with the fishless method. You don't have to do the daily water changes or test the levels every day. Plus, it's faster to go the fishless route.

 

[rich311k]

If you have an existing tank you can use some of the media from that tank to help seed the cycle.

 

[Fishyfanatic]

You could also run the new filter on the old tank for a few weeks for an instant cycle. Levels should still be measured for a few days after the initial setup, but as long as the filter is seeded it should be fine.