flchamp89
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Were back at square one. Anna your life would be soooo much easier to re home and re stock.
I just did a full gravel change with 2 AC 110'S and had no mini cycle which I was petrified of, whew I'm glad I didn't lolI have a Sunsun 703b 370gph with UV on a 29g tank. Loaded with sponges and biomedia. I never see any ammonia. Even when I completely redid the tank after Christmas and removed all the substrate. No mini cycle or bacteria bloom. This girl swears by her biomedia.
Go to a reputable lfs besides the one you are going to, look up their ratings see if they will take your fish in for store credit, but first ask them one simple question, ask them this, what loach is compatible for a 20 gallon tank? Call them on the phone and ask them before you waste your time. If they tell you all pick a different store.
Think of it this way if the fish are healthy loaches go for big money for store credit to a reputable store, go all natural live plants, rock, Drift wood and just start out with a school of tetras/danios
[emoji106] exactly, but I got lucky with my lfs they actually called me yesterday to check on my tank progress cause I'm about to restock my rainbows and they won't sell me any until they know my tank isn't going to cycle its been 2 1/2 weeks approxMost fish stores will tell/sell you anything. It's not like they're there to make friends and talk about fish, they're there to make a living. It's up to you as the buyer to make an informed decision before purchasing fish. If they vetted every customer that walked in their wouldn't be any small mom and pop stores left.
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