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The guy at the petshop said that the tank-starter bottle should introduce the necessary bacteria to get the cycle going, and should be fine within 4-5 days of when we put it in, but I'm more than willing to have it sit longer (Our snail is very interesting). As far as fish, the gf and I aren't...

So far we have some live plants and a snail that has been named Cecelia. As far as fish goes, we're totally unsure, but since the tank cycling is almost done (I just learned about this on Saturday), we get to go shopping this weekend. We have no idea what fish would be good and which would be...

Hey all, Completely new to the site and having an aquarium in general. I have a new 20 gal. tank that's been cycling for a week after I put in some live plants, substrate and Tetra tank starter bacteria. I ran the water tests yesterday, and my ammonia, nitrates and nitrites were all at 0 from...

New to the site and new to aquariums. The GF and I lucked out and won a 20g tank in a raffle.