Hi Guys,
I hope you can offer some advice.
My kids won some Gold fish at the fair a couple of years ago so I rushed out and bought a 1 gallon bowl and put them in there not expecting them to live long.
so as they are still with us I thought it about time I got a decent home for the pair of them and bought a 15 Gallon tank a few weeks ago. After reading up on fishless cycling on here I must say I am surprised the little fellas survived this long - must be down to good luck.
Anyway I started off the fishless cycle about 10 days ago adding some media from my small bowls filter to kick start the process and adding the ammonia which eventually dropped to zero yesterday. So next I am performing daily water changes and adding ammonia and testing for Nitrites and anticipating that this stage will take 20 to 30 days from what I have read, however my Nitrites are reading zero already.
Do I continue with the process or are my fish now ready for their new home?
I hope you can offer some advice.
My kids won some Gold fish at the fair a couple of years ago so I rushed out and bought a 1 gallon bowl and put them in there not expecting them to live long.
so as they are still with us I thought it about time I got a decent home for the pair of them and bought a 15 Gallon tank a few weeks ago. After reading up on fishless cycling on here I must say I am surprised the little fellas survived this long - must be down to good luck.
Anyway I started off the fishless cycle about 10 days ago adding some media from my small bowls filter to kick start the process and adding the ammonia which eventually dropped to zero yesterday. So next I am performing daily water changes and adding ammonia and testing for Nitrites and anticipating that this stage will take 20 to 30 days from what I have read, however my Nitrites are reading zero already.
Do I continue with the process or are my fish now ready for their new home?