cycling

Hello again! So a few weeks ago I FINALLY convinced my parents to let me buy a baby BiOrb aquarium. It's 4 gallons, so I'm putting a betta in it. I was wondering what the best way to cycle it was? I never really cycled my 10 gallon properly... and I blame Gordon's early death on that. So...

Hello all, I have had my male crowntail in a 1G filtered and heated Betta tank for the last 10 months. I have been using Topfin Betta water conditioner with him (Yes, I know prime is supposed to be better but this is what he came with), and giving him 90% water changes every 10 days. It sounds...

Hi guys i have a 90litre tank which i believe is around 35 gallons.i have 3 corys and 2 bristlenose about 4 cm in length.i have had these fish for 6 weeks along with 10 guppies(4)weeks but i sold them 2weeks ago because i noticed some gettin sick.my question is did i screw up buy adding the...

Hello all! I have 2 goldfish in a 10 gallon tank at the moment. I ahve had them for over a year, I recently bought a 30 gallo tank for the critters. I am using unergravel filters and have 20 lbs of gravel in the new tank. It has been full since June 21st.  I have not added any cycling...

Hello.   I think we may have to move house soon. We have terrible landlords.   My tank has been doing really well. I still have my original fish. I dont want to lose any but just dont know where to start with moving the tank.   My mum has another tank. Should I do a transfer to that one? But I...

Evening everyone!   This is my first time posting on here, and my very first fish tank too! My mother-in-law has purchased a 30L Love Fish Prism tank that I've set up for her today, we plan to leave it about a month before putting any fish in, though might add a shrimp or two after 2 weeks if...

So close to being cycled!   I zeroed 2.6ppm of ammonia in 24 hours.  Nitrite got down to .25ppm... maybe a hair less, it was just the barest of purples.   I'm confident that I'd get to the finish line on my own except I had an extra day out of town pop up.  I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon and...

I currently have a 3 gallon tank with one male betta in it. I keep the temperature around 78 degrees and it has a filter. I've had this fish tank for about 3 months now, and the cycling process is only about half way done!! There is 0 ammonia, but very high levels of nitrites and nitrates. Is...

Ok, I think I am going to do a nice little 5.5 gallon betta tank for my "office" where I am going to try to do some writing. I thought maybe having a fish in there would get me to go in there and work more....lol. Anyway, I may be able to set up the 5.5 gallon way before my 55 that I want to do...

Hello TFF, So I have a 5-gallon tank set.  I knew a little about the cycling process before but now with all the disasters it seems like I've had to do a whole lot more research.  So I was reading that you can set your tank up plug in the filter and let it sit for a day and let the fish...

Ok so I set my tank up a little less than a month ago and it is supposed to be a turtle tank. I had the tank running for about two weeks and a week with live plants.than i put the fish in and had them in for a few days before i put the turtle in. After that they hid in the corner by the filter...

Alright, I made a post a few days ago regarding my violet goby and he seems to now be showing signs of ammonia poisoning. I had him in an uncycled tank. I've done 2 25% water changes so far and attempted to add one of those fizzy ammonia tabs to lower the levels, but no luck. He's still gasping...

Hi everyone! It has been such a long time since I have posted! Anyway, I have a question for anyone that can help!    I have been blessed to live in an area that only uses well water. And because of this, I have never had to buy the water treatments. I just put the water in the tank and let it...

Exciting news!! I've just got myself an Aquanano 130. This is quite an upgrade from my 64l fish box.   At first I assumed I would have to keep my old tank running whilst I ran a fishless cycle, but I've read that if I simply move my old filter and ornaments into the new tank during the first few...

Request Help Tank size: 55 gal - upgraded from established 37 gal November 30th that sprung a leak! pH: 6.8 - 7.0 ammonia: hard to tell between yellow and .025 on API test vial nitrite: 0 nitrate: less than 20 kH: 120 gH: 75 tank temp: 80.4 Fish Symptoms (include full description including...

Hello all this is my first post so bare with me here. I'm new to the aquarium world so I have a few questions I started cycling my 10gal betta tank over 2 months and 2 weeks ago. I am doing a fishless cycle with pure ammonia and my ammonia was dropping from 4ppm to 0ppm in about 12hours so I...

To start, my name is Melissa.  I live in Iowa, USA.  I have lots of tanks over the years, my first was when I was 16 and it was a 20 gallon eclipse form Petsmart.  My sister bought it for my as a birthday gift.  For this tank, she bought me 2 black moors and I loved them. I went on spring break...

I am currently doing a fishless cycle. I believe I am half way through, I've tested my ammonia nitrites and nitrates daily. My ammonia drops to zero every morning so I add about 1-2 ppm daily (as needed). My nitrites have been between 3-5 and nitrates are 10. Everything has been going great, but...

Hi everyone!   Because I like getting ahead of myself, I would like to ask if a tank needs to be recycled following my pilgrimage to college--a harrowing journey that will need about 5-6 hours (more time, if my parents decide to make some stops--i don't have a driver's license yet, hehe) of...

I am going to be moving my pleco and upside down catfish from a 10 gallon to a 55 gallon tank in a few weeks and I am concerned that moving the old filter over to the new tank will not provide enough bacteria to cycle the tank. Should I do any additional cycling? If so what would be the best way...

Hey, so i am going to get a kit to test my nitrate, ammonia, nitrite and PH.....   should i get one with the drops of liquid or the other kind?     Whats the benefits of the certain ones and which ones the best in your opinion?

So i recently had three female guppies with two male fish in a ten gallon tank with one algae eater.....well my oldest female guppy died (I think and hope of old age). So i was left with a bad ratio of females to males, and i really do not want any of my females to die of being stressed out and...

Hey guys and gals. So when i was a beginner in fish keeping, which i still am, I had an emergency in which i had to move a fish from a ten gallon to any other tank that i had. At the time I only had a empty one gallon (uncycled). I don't remember what the specific emergency was but i thought...

Have just bought a 12L nano tank and am going to start cycling it when the heater arrives. Will be following TTA's guide for beginners as I've cycled to much higher ammonia levels before and am hoping his method will speed up the process. My last one took 36 days so fingers crossed! I wouldn't...

The issue is that this white stuff is all over the tank but i'm still in the process of cycling but this white stuff just start tanking over the tank.   The tank stats are:   Tank Size: 10G, Fish:        1 Dalmation Molly        1 Turquoise Guppy        1 Marigold Platy        1 Mickey Mouse...

Hey everyone, I am currently cycling my 125 gallon tank (about 48inches x 24 inches x 24 inches). Im trying to decide what to stock it with, which seems to be the hardest decision! So far i am interested in Angelfish, Plecos, and Bala sharks. I would like to choose larger fish because i have a...

I have a 10 gallon tank with some driftwood and anubias attached to it, would it be alright if i took it out and added it to new tank because my fish keeps biting the leaves off. I was curious if it would create a mini cycle in the tank.

I use established filter media, possibly with gravel from established tank? Im a little iffy on the gravel part because there is some kind of parasite going around (head twitching, rubbing on gravel, one affected fish keeps swimming to top for air, what is wrong?)

Hello,   After my initial attempt at cycling my 125L tank for 33 days without any drop in ammonia, I cleaned out the tank and filter completely and started again.   On the second attempt the only difference was that instead of using water from the tap I filtered if through a Pozzani to remove...

Hello I'm Jay and new to this forum. I just started a fishless cycle and looking for any info or advice or suggestions to have a smooth cycle. Here is some basic info. 29 gallon tank, completely setup, 2 filters a fluval 206 canister filter and a fluval aquaclear 70 hob power filter, using...

I have always had Platys, however never knew much about the hobby. My platys have always been happy and healthy, but I want to get more serious about the hobby because I want to start breeding/selling.   10 gallon tank   First:  What should the pH be for platys. (Please no super technical terms...

Hello,   I am very new to the fish keeping hobby. My girlfriend got me a Baby Biorb 15L for Christmas. The last fish tank I had was a Goldfish bowl when I was 5, and my goodness has the game changed.   Anyways, I did as the instructions said, I dumped the bacteria in, waited a day, and went to...

Hi folks, I'm three weeks into the cycling phase (No Fish) and have a reading of 3ppm of ammonia (5 days) and 0 nitrate and 0 nitrites readings. It's been four to five days since I adjusted the ammonia reading because it was too high. I did a 25% water change and in about three days it lowered...

I'm new here and I'm having a lot of problems setting up my tank.  I have a lot of questions.  LOL I was given a 5 gallon GLOFISH aquarium for Christmas. I set it up according to the instructions that came with the tank. I have a whisper bio filter, small heater and air stone.  I'm using gravel...

Hello All,   I am sorry to be having to ask a fishless cycle question when there is so much information available online, but here goes again…   My tank is a newly set up 125 L Fluval with an Eheim Professional 3 filter.  I measured the water going in and there is 112 L.  There is a 1 cm think...

Hi, Think i've gone wrong really hoping someone can please advise me.   Added first ammount and it took ten days to drop down. Day10 - Added same full amount of ammonia Day 12 - Ammonia had dropped to 0.50ppm and Nitrite was 5ppm (or over) with Nitrate showing.   I was reading about snack...

So the nitrite levels are off the chain, and I did my research and found out that I have to do daily water changes until it goes back down. Then I found out each water change is supposed to drop it to zero, and if it doesn't, increase the amount of water change. Well after a week of doing 25%...

Hi everyone,   Like many others, I am cycling my new tank and am a little bit confused with the results I am seeing.   I have a 38 gallon, which I have seeded with a filter, water and decorations from an established 10 gallon.  I am doing a fish-in cycle with 4 neon tetras and 1 rose danio.  I...

Hi, not sure if I'm doing this right but I am new and I would like to introduce myself. I am a mom of a two year old who LOVES fish and I just got him a tank for Christmas. I have been reading all the posts on how to properly set it up. Thank you all for your expertise! Best, BabyMatthew's mom

Hi guys!, So im in the last stage of my fishless cycle, Actually im fairly certain the cycle is done. Got used filters from a friend of mine, and threw in a shrimp 2 weeks ago. My test kit is unfortunately in the mail but Ill be picking it up tomorrow. Just a background: my tank's substrate is...