I read the Cycling thread and am getting ready to do fishless cycling on our new 29G tank.
Few questions I didn't see answered:
First - our filter has a plastic thing the charcoal sits in called a "biological" filter, implying bacteria stay on it. Should I still not change out the carbon filters or will the plastic part retain enough? I guess that irks me because in the past, the carbon filter would get orange mold on it, that I assumed couldn't possibly be good for the fish (this was in past tanks I had).
Second - how do I determine how much ammonia to add? I got the 10% Ammonium Hydroxide from ACE Hardware.
My ph seems to settle around 7.8 for some reason, will cycling modify this at all? My tap water (from a well) comes out at around 6.7...but it goes up after a day or so.
Few questions I didn't see answered:
First - our filter has a plastic thing the charcoal sits in called a "biological" filter, implying bacteria stay on it. Should I still not change out the carbon filters or will the plastic part retain enough? I guess that irks me because in the past, the carbon filter would get orange mold on it, that I assumed couldn't possibly be good for the fish (this was in past tanks I had).
Second - how do I determine how much ammonia to add? I got the 10% Ammonium Hydroxide from ACE Hardware.
My ph seems to settle around 7.8 for some reason, will cycling modify this at all? My tap water (from a well) comes out at around 6.7...but it goes up after a day or so.