Hey, thanks for the advice, I think I will do that... I’ve spent a small fortune on this tank and to not even have one fish after 4months is crazy. Fish-in cycle it is... i was having a look on the internet and I know danios are usually the first choice but I can’t say I’m particularly taken with them. I was hoping for a little shoal of tetras and saw that the x-ray tetras are a hardy choice. Do you think they would be suitable for cycling? I eventually wanted to end up with some dwarf cichlids if everything goes to plan... obviously I’m trying think in advance too as to which mix well.
I have seachem prime to help along the way and a bottle of api stress coat that seems to have bacteria in it, as well as bacterial balls... although I don’t think the bacterial balls are of much use tbh. I could look into getting some seeded media, although I’m not sure I could trust it to be ‘clean’ from the places round here.
I was also wondering if an easy maintenance floating plant might help with the cycling? Although I’m not very informed on aquarium plants & I don’t want to introduce more trouble before I start.
Thanks again