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Oh, I understood what you meant. I meant I’d do a 100% WC and then change to a fish in cycle. However, something interesting has been happening with my fishless cycle the past 2 days. I didn’t want to get my hopes up, but the nitrites seemed to have dropped from 2 PPM which it was stuck at for...

Wow Thanks for the thorough replies. I guess it was here that I read about the raising of the temperature. Yes, I’m willing to buy a heater just to get the bacteria going and then remove it once the numbers make sense. PH is around 6.8-7. I’ll likely do the 100% WC tomorrow and take it from...

Hi I went to the pet store last week and told them about my issue. First off the man who helped me said he’s been fish keeping for 40 years and he’d never heard of adding ammonia to a tank to help cycle. Guess he’s old school. He said it would be much easier with fish in. He told me to buy some...

Oh, I didn’t realize you meant fish in cycle with the fancy goldfish. Do you think this is the easier route? When you say 100 WC, do you mean a complete restart in emptying the entire tank down to the last drop and cleaning? Or just empty as much as my python will empty and then refill / add...

Thanks again So as it turns out, I was able to order some dr Tim’s ammonia after all from Amazon. Should get it in 2 days. In the meantime, I’ll continue dosing with fish food. If I don’t see any changes by early next week, I’ll go the small gold fish route you suggested. Someone else...

Thanks again When you say bleach, are you referring to the same type of bleach used for laundry? If so, how much would I use?

Thanks for the reply. You’re absolutely right. I’m struggling to get the ammonia up to 2ppm. Is it possible my ammonia bacteria are already very well established and that’s why it never gets there? I’d probably have to add a big amount of food for it to get to 2ppm. Ammonia in any form is not...

Hi everyone Please forgive my lengthy post. Got my daughter an aquarium for her bday (March 8th). She wanted fancy goldfish (2). Was told by the pet store employee that I needed to establish my water for a week before adding fish. Waited a week, brought my water in for a test and all the...