zoologist101
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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12 U.K. gallons – 24X12 X15 inches – set-up 14 just days ago.
I cycle very fast, using an UGF with 25% of dirty old gravel; a dirty old internal filter; and 50% of plants and bog wood from a well-established tank. The bacteria I need are mostly there from the start. Any tiny spikes I get, I ignore, as do any newly added fish – [in this case 3 mollies and the babies that one of them produced yesterday] – all are doing well...
I will 'mature' the tank for several months before adding the shrimps that will (hopefully) breed well in there, after the fish are removed and the plants are better established...
Sorry the picture is so poor..!
12 U.K. gallons – 24X12 X15 inches – set-up 14 just days ago.
I cycle very fast, using an UGF with 25% of dirty old gravel; a dirty old internal filter; and 50% of plants and bog wood from a well-established tank. The bacteria I need are mostly there from the start. Any tiny spikes I get, I ignore, as do any newly added fish – [in this case 3 mollies and the babies that one of them produced yesterday] – all are doing well...
I will 'mature' the tank for several months before adding the shrimps that will (hopefully) breed well in there, after the fish are removed and the plants are better established...
Sorry the picture is so poor..!