Cycling my aquarium

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Im geussing you need help??? Or are you just giving your bacteria a shoutout? If its the second, Im gonna chime in: Go bacteria!!! Eat them nitrites! If its the first... See if you can et used filter media from a previous tank, a friend or a store. It takes half the time, you can fish in cycle with about 1-10 the number of gallons... So if it is 175 gallons, use 15 to 20 fish, if it is 20 gallons use 1 or 2, if its 55 use 5. Just be logical and dont add more than 5 fish at a time and until the ammonia and nirtites is at zero. A nitrate sucking plant like pennywort or hornwort may help towards the end too.
 
Im geussing you need help??? Or are you just giving your bacteria a shoutout? If its the second, Im gonna chime in: Go bacteria!!! Eat them nitrites! If its the first... See if you can et used filter media from a previous tank, a friend or a store. It takes half the time, you can fish in cycle with about 1-10 the number of gallons... So if it is 175 gallons, use 15 to 20 fish, if it is 20 gallons use 1 or 2, if its 55 use 5. Just be logical and dont add more than 5 fish at a time and until the ammonia and nirtites is at zero. A nitrate sucking plant like pennywort or hornwort may help towards the end too.

I have a bunch if plants in there right now and I think if I put fish in there right now they'll suffocate. I might just grab a few plants you just mentioned and add an air stone to speed up the process.
 
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