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Thanks for the input Aiken, I'll clean the gravel with de chlorinated water if that will help preserve the bacteria.

Thanks for the help everyone. Telesman, you are correct that the water wasn't changed on a regular basis, if they have adapted to the poor conditions I'll go easy on the water changes as you suggested. One thing I didn't mention is that the previous owner never had a heater in the tank, so...

Hello everyone, I'm about to get a very neglected 10g aquarium that comes with a few live fish and I'm not sure how to go about cycling it. This aquarium is VERY dirty (there is a layer of fish waste and old food on the gravel among other things), and really the only way to clean properly it...