Hello, I've had my 150 gallon up and running for almost 2weeks. Temp around 84, couple of air stones bubbling away, ammonia dosed to about 4ppm. I'm using pure ammonia I found at Ace hardware. I've been testing daily but ammonia level has not dropped at all! I thought surely within 2 weeks it should have started dropping at least a little to where I would need to add a little more ammonia. But nope, has remained steady. I don't have access to any established tank bacteria. I'm so reluctant to do fish in cycling. I planned to have tiger barbs in my tank. Anyone have experience with fish in that did not result in harm to the fish? Frequent water changes is not an issue, I have a sink to tank hose and water changes are virtually painless. My last tank I had was over 12 years ago and I wasn't ver experienced. I managed to cycle with a couple of tin foil barbs. I just did tons of water changes when my ammonia levels appeared too high. The tin foils did fine. They grew so huge I ended up donating them to a fish store as they were way too huge for a 55 gallon tank. Petsmart failed to point that out. Anyway, thoughts, suggestions, experiences? Thanks!
Fishless cycling help needed
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librarygirl
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What's your PH? What test kit are you using?
Fish-in cycles are do-able as long as you're dedicated to testing the water daily and doing water changes as needed.
Fish-in cycles are do-able as long as you're dedicated to testing the water daily and doing water changes as needed.
redsea
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Fish-in Cycling: Step over into the dark side - Aquarium Advice
The (almost) Complete Guide and FAQ to Fishless Cycling - Aquarium Advice
Sorry, I am not too confident in these topics, but I have provided some links from the website that may be of assistance do you.
The (almost) Complete Guide and FAQ to Fishless Cycling - Aquarium Advice
Sorry, I am not too confident in these topics, but I have provided some links from the website that may be of assistance do you.
spiketooth
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Get some filter media or gravel from another tank that is cycled. This will help getting it going. Just make sure you dont let them dry out before you put it in the tank
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