Ok -- im gonna show some ignorance here, i trust you will all bear with me.
I keep seeing references in posts to "the cycle" im getting the drift that it has something to do with establishing the de-nitrifying bacteria in your tank. I guess i must have been doing things wrong all these years. i generally just fill the tank, hit it with a dose of de-clorinator and stress-coat possibly give it a day or 2 and introduce the fish. I'll admit i generally use pretty hardy species (almost exclusively tetras) but i havnet had any major problems with my tanks. Am i doing something wrong? I just filled the new one in my office today (tall 20 gallon with an eclipse 3 hood) and i'll go buy the chemicals tomorrow and the fishes on wednesday (its gonna be another tetra tank i think -- id like a school of rummy noses )
Thoughts, input etc are always appreciated
TIM
I keep seeing references in posts to "the cycle" im getting the drift that it has something to do with establishing the de-nitrifying bacteria in your tank. I guess i must have been doing things wrong all these years. i generally just fill the tank, hit it with a dose of de-clorinator and stress-coat possibly give it a day or 2 and introduce the fish. I'll admit i generally use pretty hardy species (almost exclusively tetras) but i havnet had any major problems with my tanks. Am i doing something wrong? I just filled the new one in my office today (tall 20 gallon with an eclipse 3 hood) and i'll go buy the chemicals tomorrow and the fishes on wednesday (its gonna be another tetra tank i think -- id like a school of rummy noses )
Thoughts, input etc are always appreciated
TIM