Elwood
Aquarium Advice Regular
they are stationary but wave in the current
greenmaji said:most FW plants do poorly with freshwater aquarium salt (regular sodium cloride)
I personly dont use salt in freshwater tanks.. not even for ich treatment, just heat.
Salt isnt nessisary for FW tanks, thats why its called freshwater.
Most people here recommend fishless cycling to everyone. However, I think that fishless cycling wasn't recommended in this case because it wasn't necessary. Jason pointed out that he would seed the filter in the 55 gallon with old filter media from another tank. If he proceeded to do that and only added a school of barbs to a 55 gallon tank, he should have no problem with cycling at all, provided he takes it slow with stocking. I really think it would have been fine even without the the use of BioSpira- I've cycled many tanks this way myself, you just have to watch perams for a few days and then everything is fine.Honestly, I'm really surprised that no one has yet suggested cycling the tank without fish.
When I set up my 29gal, I used the fishless cycling method. Worked perfectly. It took about a month, was very easy, no frequent water changes, and no unneeded stress to my fish.