Claudete
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi, i am new to the fish hobby and I'm having an issue with cycling my tank. I have had the tank now for 4 weeks and it hasn't started to cycle yet. I have 6 White cloud minnows in the tank. They like cold water so at the beginning i did not use the heater. I have been getting ammonia readings of .25 or more but no nitrites or nitrates. I have been doing water changes of 25% every couple of days to keep the ammonia down. I have also added the aquaclear bio max filter insert with the existing filter. I have also added the heater back into the tank and set at 72 degrees which is the maximum temperature for the fish i have hoping that this will help. How do i get the tank to start to cycle I'm afraid that i will start losing fish.