mandy2936
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Hello!
Okay, well, I understand the whole process of how cycling a tank works. I've read the "Cycling for Dummies" sticky plenty of times as well as other articles on the web.
Recently I purchased a 5 gallon tank. (I also have a 20 gallon, but it's been established for a while. I cycled it a long time ago.) I plan to do a fishless cycle and decided to refresh my memory to make sure I got it right.
Now, I know that I need to add a source of Ammonia that will start the cycle. I cannot go out and purchase pure Ammonia right now, so I decided to use a frozen shrimp rather than flakes, because fish food gets messy. Anyway, I heard that you can put it in pantyhose and place it in your tank and the pantyhose will keep the decomposing shrimp mess to a minimal.
My question is, should I leave the shrimp hanging in the tank, or should I put it in my filter?
Also, to help the process a bit I squeezed an old filter sponge from my 20g onto the filter media in the 5g. (The actual spong did not fit in the little 5-10 filter.) Also, I have a small silk plant that was from the 20g to help, too.
Thank you so much for your time!
Right now I have that shrimp in the tank inside some pantyhose, so I'm wondering if I should move it or not.
Thanks again
Okay, well, I understand the whole process of how cycling a tank works. I've read the "Cycling for Dummies" sticky plenty of times as well as other articles on the web.
Recently I purchased a 5 gallon tank. (I also have a 20 gallon, but it's been established for a while. I cycled it a long time ago.) I plan to do a fishless cycle and decided to refresh my memory to make sure I got it right.
Now, I know that I need to add a source of Ammonia that will start the cycle. I cannot go out and purchase pure Ammonia right now, so I decided to use a frozen shrimp rather than flakes, because fish food gets messy. Anyway, I heard that you can put it in pantyhose and place it in your tank and the pantyhose will keep the decomposing shrimp mess to a minimal.
My question is, should I leave the shrimp hanging in the tank, or should I put it in my filter?
Also, to help the process a bit I squeezed an old filter sponge from my 20g onto the filter media in the 5g. (The actual spong did not fit in the little 5-10 filter.) Also, I have a small silk plant that was from the 20g to help, too.
Thank you so much for your time!
Right now I have that shrimp in the tank inside some pantyhose, so I'm wondering if I should move it or not.
Thanks again