Sorry, but I'm not too sure about how it ends. I never done it, but I heard other people talk about it. If you end up doing that method, closely monitor the temperature for a few minutes, and see what happens.
New to fish keeping.
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Edit: I'll try the AC strategy first. If it doesn't work I'll try throwing some cubes in the tank and watching to see what happens. Should I make the ice cubes out of dechlorinated water?
Don't add ice cubes to a tank, or frozen bottles of water. They melt and cool the water then the water warms up so you add more which cools the water again. In nature the temperature changes slowly from night time cooler to day time warmer; it does not change suddenly from hour to hour. This is bad for fish.
Changing the room temp if you have AC is the way to go.
With a silent cycle, if there are enough plants you should have virtually no increase in nitrate unless you are using a fertiliser containing nitrate. The plants should use all the ammonia so there shouldn't be any left to be turned nitrite and then nitrate.
Changing the room temp if you have AC is the way to go.
With a silent cycle, if there are enough plants you should have virtually no increase in nitrate unless you are using a fertiliser containing nitrate. The plants should use all the ammonia so there shouldn't be any left to be turned nitrite and then nitrate.
So the only real way to tell if it's working is if the plants start growing?
That's the only safe way to tell.
The danger is that you get fish too soon then the plants die and you have to do a fish-in cycle. Waiting till you see signs that the plants are growing means they aren't as likely to suddenly die.
The danger is that you get fish too soon then the plants die and you have to do a fish-in cycle. Waiting till you see signs that the plants are growing means they aren't as likely to suddenly die.
Alright. Also I just saw someone else's thread about dying plants and had to take all my Java Fern out and tie it to rocks. I got Swords, Java Fern and some Dwarf Grass. Will this work?
ClownLurch
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There’s posts on this thread you should be ignoring. Listen to @essjay she knows her stuff.
See if you can get more plants of the floating types that I used for my silent cycle that I listed upthread. Your cycle will be a lot quicker if you do.
Ideally you want fast growing plants - floating plants tend to be the best at absorbing nutrients out of the water column, which is what you want them to do in a plant cycle. Hornwort and water sprite are my favorite because I find them easiest to keep out of my filter lol. But there are tons of options if you look up floating plants. They also provide shade and cover for your fish which will help reduce stress from the light.
Slate is fine, lots of fish keepers use it to make caves. If it's from your back yard, make sure you remove anything that could have been spilled or sprayed on it.
Swords are good for taking up ammonia. Dwarf grass probably. java fern is a slow grower so it won't do as much as the others for taking up ammonia. Floating plants are very good for removing ammonia and fish appreciate the shade over their heads.
Java fern's rhizome rots is it's buried. It is possible to grow it on top of the substrate but you have to make sure the rhizome doesn't get accidentally covered.
Edit - squidneh posted while I was typing
Swords are good for taking up ammonia. Dwarf grass probably. java fern is a slow grower so it won't do as much as the others for taking up ammonia. Floating plants are very good for removing ammonia and fish appreciate the shade over their heads.
Java fern's rhizome rots is it's buried. It is possible to grow it on top of the substrate but you have to make sure the rhizome doesn't get accidentally covered.
Edit - squidneh posted while I was typing
Should I just get rid of the Java Fern for now? I ran the slate under super hot water for about 10 minutes, scrubbed it and then ran it under the water agin for 5 minutes, is that sufficient?
Edit: any idea how I could get floaters online? Didn't see any at my LFS.
Edit: any idea how I could get floaters online? Didn't see any at my LFS.
You can keep the Java fern - use some thread to tie it to the slate.
I'll leave the on-line plants stores to our American members.
I'll leave the on-line plants stores to our American members.
My personal favorite place for plants are AquaBid and Dustin's Fish Tanks. Usually I find better prices on AquaBid but I've found more consistent quality from Dustin's.
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