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Aquarium Advice Freak
I found lots of information about cycling tanks, but no guidelines as to how many fish you should use to start your tank. I can see starting out with 1 or 2 in a small tank, but what if you were starting a 55 gallon?
Background:
I have a new 29 gal tank. I bought 5 Zebra danios to start the cycle. I chose them because I read they are resilient. I chose 5 so there would be enough to form a small school.
Question: Should I stick with this number, or will the cycle take forever since they are so small compared to the tank volume?
FYI after 1 week, ammonia still reads 0 ppm.
Background:
I have a new 29 gal tank. I bought 5 Zebra danios to start the cycle. I chose them because I read they are resilient. I chose 5 so there would be enough to form a small school.
Question: Should I stick with this number, or will the cycle take forever since they are so small compared to the tank volume?
FYI after 1 week, ammonia still reads 0 ppm.