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a1wonder
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Save your money on basicly dead fish and do a fishless cycle you'll pay like $1.99 (canadian) for a gal of ammonia vs. a buck per fish that will end up dead
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Cycling with fish does not automatically mean you're in for fatalities. It is absolutely, perfectly possible to cycle with fish and to not lose any. Just maintain regular water changes, use cycling products like Cycle and keep an eye on water parameters.
skimpy
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Hi Warr40.
The safest way to cycle with and guarentee no deaths is fishless cycling, however you can cycle with fish and have no problems or deaths. You just need to be more vigilent, understand your subject and test your water more thoroughly.
This link will help new tank syndrome.
Firstly if you are going to cycle with fish it is very important that you only get a few fish at a time and that you monitor the water parameters very carefully thoughtout the cycling (possibly about 8 weeks) This link will give you an idea of what sort of readings and waterchanges that may be required. Cycled tank
1. ensure you add dechlorinator to any water you put into your tank (including the initial set up of water).
2. add fish carefully, choose hardy fish, and only add a few (say 3) at any one time. When you wish to add more fish make sure your water parameters are in a place that is safe to add new fish i.e. 0 ammonia and 0 nitrIte.
3. do regular (daily) water tests and do the appropriate water changes that test results reqire. The tests you will need are PH, Ammonia, NitrIte and NitrAte.
4. Read up on the Nitrogen cycle (another link here to help Nitrogen cycle so that you can begin to understand what is happening to you tank.
If you read up on the above links, and take it slowly you should have no problems and no fatalties.
Good Luck
The safest way to cycle with and guarentee no deaths is fishless cycling, however you can cycle with fish and have no problems or deaths. You just need to be more vigilent, understand your subject and test your water more thoroughly.
This link will help new tank syndrome.
Firstly if you are going to cycle with fish it is very important that you only get a few fish at a time and that you monitor the water parameters very carefully thoughtout the cycling (possibly about 8 weeks) This link will give you an idea of what sort of readings and waterchanges that may be required. Cycled tank
1. ensure you add dechlorinator to any water you put into your tank (including the initial set up of water).
2. add fish carefully, choose hardy fish, and only add a few (say 3) at any one time. When you wish to add more fish make sure your water parameters are in a place that is safe to add new fish i.e. 0 ammonia and 0 nitrIte.
3. do regular (daily) water tests and do the appropriate water changes that test results reqire. The tests you will need are PH, Ammonia, NitrIte and NitrAte.
4. Read up on the Nitrogen cycle (another link here to help Nitrogen cycle so that you can begin to understand what is happening to you tank.
If you read up on the above links, and take it slowly you should have no problems and no fatalties.
Good Luck
metfan581
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i have a 20h tank
the cycle fish (FEEDER GOLDFISH) are diying how long should i keep thm in
the cycle fish (FEEDER GOLDFISH) are diying how long should i keep thm in
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