When cycling a fish tank

[Naer]

You put one drop of ammonia per gallon everyday untill your ammonia level is around 3pp. Then you watch for nitrite levels to go up and when they do, you do a water change and continue to give it ammonia

do I have this correct?

 

[Naer]

this is a fishless cycle btw

 

[Stopsignhank]

Is this a freshwater or saltwater tank?

 

[desura]

Meh, it doesn't have to be that precise. though I think if you saturate the tank it might go faster? But I would just throw like a piece of leftover chicken in there and leave it for like a month or two before putting fish in. Some people also use goldfish.

 

[BoomerD]

You put one drop of ammonia per gallon everyday untill your ammonia level is around 3pp. Then you watch for nitrite levels to go up and when they do, you do a water change and continue to give it ammonia

do I have this correct?

Don't do a water change until after the nitrite levels fall and nitrate rises.

 

[Soundmanred]

this is a fishless cycle btw

This is not.

 

[Howard]

The ammonia must drop to 0 AND the nitrite must drop to 0.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Just use lake water, it should be natural enough for the fish to live in. Then again that's kinda hard to do in winter but you can always go see some random person that is ice fishing.

 

[BoomerD]

Just use lake water, it should be natural enough for the fish to live in. Then again that's kinda hard to do in winter but you can always go see some random person that is ice fishing.

"The only thing I ever caught while fishing in the winter is a cold."

 

[blackangst1]

The ammonia must drop to 0 AND the nitrite must drop to 0.

This.

 

[brainhulk]

Salt water tank from many moons ago:

Lots o' Fiji live rock + live sand + cheap hardy fish until levels were satisfactory

 

[NutBucket]

Or just use this: http://www.tetra-fish.com/Products/...er-remove-ammonia-from-aquarium-bacteria.aspx

 

[her209]

Just dump the whole bottle. Then wait a few weeks. When you are ready to put fish, do a 100% water change a few days before. The beneficial bacteria will have colonized to the point where you can add a large load of fish at once.

 

[Howard]

Just dump the whole bottle. Then wait a few weeks. When you are ready to put fish, do a 100% water change a few days before. The beneficial bacteria will have colonized to the point where you can add a large load of fish at once.

If you do this, treat the new water with a chlorine and chloramine remover such as Seachem Prime before introducing the fish.