Keeping fish since December only.
Off the shelf tank with all the fittings.
Stocked lots of fish within few days of setup.
After my first fish died, only then I started reading about fish and all related stuff.
Cycle the tank.
Lot said about cycling, ammonia, nitrate etc, I am wondering what after say ideal cycle? How long the tank can go without any water change or any specific maintenance?
What if I instead regularly do a partial (20% or 50%) water change every two weeks? With syphoning the gravel for fish waste? Wont it be sufficient enough?
Quite possible I am.missing some basics.
But everywhere I found individual best practices in silo (say how to cycle, how to setup, how to cure xyz disease etc), not a complete guideline, or step by step procedure.
Am sure the basics will remain same for every new tank setup and maintaining it.
Can someone pls help me understand this stuff?
Off the shelf tank with all the fittings.
Stocked lots of fish within few days of setup.
After my first fish died, only then I started reading about fish and all related stuff.
Cycle the tank.
Lot said about cycling, ammonia, nitrate etc, I am wondering what after say ideal cycle? How long the tank can go without any water change or any specific maintenance?
What if I instead regularly do a partial (20% or 50%) water change every two weeks? With syphoning the gravel for fish waste? Wont it be sufficient enough?
Quite possible I am.missing some basics.
But everywhere I found individual best practices in silo (say how to cycle, how to setup, how to cure xyz disease etc), not a complete guideline, or step by step procedure.
Am sure the basics will remain same for every new tank setup and maintaining it.
Can someone pls help me understand this stuff?