Lynn W.
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I am coming up on the end of Week 3 with my 20 gallon tank. I have been cycling with fish and doing lots of water changes. The Ammonia is usually between 3 and 5 when I get homw from work, so I do a 50% PWC and test again. The NitrItes are 0 and the NitrAtes around 5. So far, so good--nobody has died. (I hope I didn't jinx my tank by saying that!) I have several live plants, a couple of pieces of driftwood from an established tank, and a bioball in my filter. That may be helping, along with daily water changes of 25 - 50 %.
I guess you could say I have been bitten by the aquarium bug. I have added a 29 gallon tank as well as a 10 gallon tank. (I got the 10 gallon for $10, with filter, heater, and aerator! I just had to buy a hood / light. I already had a couple of plastic plants on a resin base and some fake rocks.) I plan to use the 10 gallon as a quarantine tank, so no gravel needed there.
However, I am cycling the 29 and 10 gallon tanks without fish!
Thanks for all the good advice and encouragement! I am really enjoying getting back into this hobby!
I guess you could say I have been bitten by the aquarium bug. I have added a 29 gallon tank as well as a 10 gallon tank. (I got the 10 gallon for $10, with filter, heater, and aerator! I just had to buy a hood / light. I already had a couple of plastic plants on a resin base and some fake rocks.) I plan to use the 10 gallon as a quarantine tank, so no gravel needed there.
However, I am cycling the 29 and 10 gallon tanks without fish!
Thanks for all the good advice and encouragement! I am really enjoying getting back into this hobby!