foshizzle11
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi All,
I am new to this site and I have found so much information already on setting up new tanks, what kind of fish to get, all that jazz.
We found and bought a used 90 gallon tank online for $60, can't beat that! We cleaned it up using fish safe methods and actually re-caulked the inside because it didn't look all that great or clean.
After a few days of preparing we are finally ready to start the fishless cycle!
we have sand as the substrate ($30 for 50lbs), we have a piece of driftwood from our established 30g tank and live plants from there as well. Currently there are a half dozen feeders in the tank just to add a little bit of bacteria for a few days before the cycle starts, don't worry they will get transferred out before we start the cycle (they will be dinner for our gar).
Today we will begin and give some information about how much ammonia we needed for the 90g's of water, as this isn't well documented from what I have read online.
I live in Canada and it has proven difficult to find the proper ammonia. After calling a dozen stores we found that Walmart carries the product that we need. A 1.8L jug is $2. Very affordable!
We are using the API's freshwater master test kit from Pisces Pet Emporium!
I will post our testing results and such as well. Should be fun. I can't wait to get started!!
Can't wait for feedback and the results. This is the first time we have tried a fishless cycle but we want what is best for our little fishies!
I am new to this site and I have found so much information already on setting up new tanks, what kind of fish to get, all that jazz.
We found and bought a used 90 gallon tank online for $60, can't beat that! We cleaned it up using fish safe methods and actually re-caulked the inside because it didn't look all that great or clean.
After a few days of preparing we are finally ready to start the fishless cycle!
we have sand as the substrate ($30 for 50lbs), we have a piece of driftwood from our established 30g tank and live plants from there as well. Currently there are a half dozen feeders in the tank just to add a little bit of bacteria for a few days before the cycle starts, don't worry they will get transferred out before we start the cycle (they will be dinner for our gar).
Today we will begin and give some information about how much ammonia we needed for the 90g's of water, as this isn't well documented from what I have read online.
I live in Canada and it has proven difficult to find the proper ammonia. After calling a dozen stores we found that Walmart carries the product that we need. A 1.8L jug is $2. Very affordable!
We are using the API's freshwater master test kit from Pisces Pet Emporium!
I will post our testing results and such as well. Should be fun. I can't wait to get started!!
Can't wait for feedback and the results. This is the first time we have tried a fishless cycle but we want what is best for our little fishies!