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All 3 of my tanks (20 gal, 29 gal, and 10 gal) are now cycled--ammonia 0, nitrites 0, and nitrates between 5 and 20. The 20 gal took the longest (fish-in) and the other two were fishless and about 2 weeks shorter in duration. I had a brief bacterial bloom in the 29 gal. tank after I put the...

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...

Hi, fishfolk, I set up my tank using a 20 year-old guidebook (it listed nothing about cycling. Is this a recent practice?) Anyway, I have been doing a fish-in-tank cycling and so far, so good. I have yet to see a dramatic rise in either ammonia or nitrites. I have several live plants in my...

Okay, so I am a newbie with fish in the tank who is trying to cycle. I have 8 fish (mostly mollies and platies) in a 20 gallon tank. The tank has been running--filter, heater, live plants (but not cycling)--for a week now. I put the first fish in on Thursday, but didn't learn about cycling...

Hi! We had an aquarium for about 10 years when the kids were young. The "baby" is now 21 and at college. I was cleaning out the attic last week and came across our old aquarium and decided to set it up again. It's a 20 gallon tank in good repair. The pump, heater, and hood light were all too...