Recent content by masonarie9

Hi all, I have a 50gal tank that started off with some fancy guppies, a mix of m/f. Needless to say they were breeding like bunnies and I was rehoming groups of them every few weeks. I tried to cut down the population and figured if I only kept males that I'd solve the overpopulating issue. That...

I'm not necessarily impatient, I just want to get the tank cycled without killing all my fish in the mean time.. I don't want to keep restarting the cycle when I try to control the nitrite levels. I was told when the cycle reached the nitrite stage that I had to do those large water changes to...

And would it be beneficial at all to add anything? One of those quick start add ins to help with the cycle? Any guidance is appreciated!

Hi, So does this mean I've interrupted the cycle? What should I expect now- will it start over? I've been testing every day and still showing 0 nitrites 0 nitrates.

Thank you!! :)

I hope so! So should I expect the nitrate levels to rise a little bit then? I should add I don't have any live plants in the tank.

Hi, I'm fairly new to keeping my freshwater tank so I'm hoping I can get some advice! I was given a ton of guppies in a 10gal tank by a friend. It was obviously wayyy too many for that small of a tank so I got rid of most and kept a few that I moved to a 50 gallon tank along with some neon...