My 55gal tank - day#1 in fishless cycle

[gd007]

I just started my fishless cycle today.
Tank characteristics....
Yes I have kids - both little girls. My youngest loves Spider-Man and Captain America while the other is a total 'princess'. They also love Little Nemo so we have an honorary Mount WannaHogALoogie.

 

[nathanden]

Looks good what do you plan on stocking with

 

[gd007]

Thanks! Still working on the plan for fish. I figure I have 4-6 weeks of the fishless cycling ahead of me

 

[nathanden]

I never waited that long i waited a week and a half but go buy a api master test kit and test water every other day until levels go up then back down to 0

 

[threnjen]

Looks good!

My kids both wanted those exact same decorations. I'm so mean though because I wouldn't do it. Told my boy if he still cares by his birthday we will set up a small tank just for him and he can have the stupid Captain America/Spider-man figurine (how random is that anyway?? why is Spider-man with Captain America??)

 

[gd007]

apparently Spiderman was offered up membership in the the Avengers several times but never made it. Only recently (in 2000s) was be formally added to the Avenger roster....

I was equally shocked and had to google/Wikipedia this information

 

[threnjen]

Interesting. Still one would think that they would have paired a more "standard" avenger...

 

[Herky213]

4-6 weeks?! Nah. Go out and get either a bottle of tetra safestart or api quickstart. Both contain the live bacteria you need. Then throw a little of the that non-cleaning kind of ammonia in their for them to feed on. You'll have a bio filter in a week tops. Cheers

 

[gd007]

Thanks Herky231.
I ended up getting a big donation of bacteria ridden filter material from a local goldfish breeder.
My cycle completed this week and I am planning the fish to add. Maybe as soon as this weekend, we'll see.

 

[Herky213]

Nice much more effective. What kind of fish are you thinking?

 

[Proflooney]

I hope you have more patience than me I'm in the home stretch of my cycle and its driving me nuts lol

 

[gd007]

Just wanted to say thanks to those that have been helping me. I am very excited to share that my first group of fish should arrive today (from thatfishplace.com). I purchased the 5 Boesemani Raindows and the 6 Panda Corys.

 

[Herky213]

Pictures, or it didn't happen!

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[gd007]

Lol, absolutely!

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[gd007]

Pictures, or it didn't happen!

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FYI - pictures will be loaded here:
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forum...-to-arrive-drip-setup-290072.html#post2760004

 

[trickshot3102]

Can that lucky bamboo be submerged? I always wanted to put some in my tank but I read that it would die

 

[gd007]

Can that lucky bamboo be submerged? I always wanted to put some in my tank but I read that it would die

so far so good. it's been +3 weeks

 

[trickshot3102]

Maybe I will put my lucky bamboo in my 10 gal

 

[trickshot3102]

Please keep us informed on your tank are you doing the fishless cycle?

 

[gd007]

Please keep us informed on your tank are you doing the fishless cycle?

I'm done the cycle. I'm actually adding the fish tonight. Pictures being loaded here:

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forum...-my-new-fish-to-arrive-drip-setup-290072.html