Recent content by Twinsfan

Yeah. I guess my "point" is that there are clearly at least 3 ways (and some hybrid ways, too) to cycle a new aquarium: (1) fishless with ammonia; (2) fishless with a dead shrimp (or fish food, which I've read is not ideal as the fish food is comprised of many elements, not only dead fish) ;or...

Knowing what I know now, I would not use fish to cycle. Please use my "learning-the-hard-way" experience so you won't make the same mistakes I made when starting out our 75 gallon tank. After setting up the tank, using the appropriate de-chlorinators. and running the tank for a week (without...

I wanted to start our 75 gallon "fishless"; but I allowed the owner of our neighborhood fish store to convince me otherwise. I lost 5 out of 11 fish (zebra danios, and one porkchop rasbora). They had a home-concocted water treatment formula which he assured me would "cycle the tank in a few...