Fishlover3578
Aquarium Advice FINatic
How about a fake fish that swims in a tank that you are doing a fishless cycle that changes colors and behavior to show your tank is cycled lol that way you don't have to look at empty tank
Lol that's how I did my tanks ... Shh don't tell
In fish is how I've always done my tanks, I never even heard of fish less till I was on here
But what I never really understood about the fish less cycle was this... And correct me if I'm wrong. The fish less advocates say you need to dose ammonia to 4 ppm during the cycle, and as soon as it can convert that amount safely to nitrite then nitrate, you have cycled. BUT, once the cycle is done, wouldn't you realistically need a pretty heavy bio load to keep that amount of BB "alive"...? Seems silly to me to need levels that high, when after cycles its also recommended to slowly add fish, which wouldnt even come close to keeping the BB alive. And then if it dies off, you would need to re-cycle as more fish were added...? Am I way off on this, or is this why I took the red pill and never had any issues?
How about a fake fish that swims in a tank that you are doing a fishless cycle that changes colors and behavior to show your tank is cycled lol that way you don't have to look at empty tank
Beneficial Bacteria is like any other bacteria, it multiples over time. I believe the BB we need in our situation, multiples slower than most. Getting a large colony in the first place is important to keep on top of the 'food' source- Ammonia/Nitrites. Without 'food' it will die off. When it has a 'food' source available, it will multiple. The bigger the filter, the more room for a colony to grow. We only ever have enough BB in our tank to handle the amount of waste it can produces. If we increase the waste too quickly the BB hasn't time to catch up, hence an Ammonia spike. The BB will eventually catch up, providing the filter is an adequate size....But what I never really understood about the fish less cycle was this... And correct me if I'm wrong. The fish less advocates say you need to dose ammonia to 4 ppm during the cycle, and as soon as it can convert that amount safely to nitrite then nitrate, you have cycled. BUT, once the cycle is done, wouldn't you realistically need a pretty heavy bio load to keep that amount of BB "alive"...? Seems silly to me to need levels that high, when after cycles its also recommended to slowly add fish, which wouldnt even come close to keeping the BB alive. And then if it dies off, you would need to re-cycle as more fish were added...? Am I way off on this, or is this why I took the red pill and never had any issues?
They do sell fake fish I saw a lion fish almost thought it was real this one isn't as realistic as the one I saw
Fake lion fish - YouTube