fishless cycleing?

[Fishiegoddess]

<--- this is how i feel right now..i've had my tank up for 7 days , i've had the pump and lil bubble guy and lights all running as well and NOW ppl start telling my about cycleing..i thought.."o.k cycleing so i'll get me a few hardy fish" THEN i read about how sick fishies can get if u do this so now i'm TRYING fishless cycles but everytime i go to read up on it all the instructions are confuseing and ppl are useing symbols like the ones i remember from grade 9 science class.

I really need some one's help here, it'd be very helpful if some one would give me some better instructions: like instead of saying "add some (chemical name)" they'd say "add some (brand name)"

If any ones knows of a website that offers information on fishless cycleing for the beginner please post it..it'd really help me alot.

btw: i have a 10 gallon tank and am planning on getting mollies. and i've been doing my research

 

[heresmike]

The only chemical name it should be telling you to add is NH3 which is pure ammonia.... the kind that doesn't foam when you shake the bottle.

here's one link .... and here's another. They're both pretty easy to understand.

 

[heresmike]

Basically what I do to fishless cycle is add enough ammonia to the water to get the ammonia level up to 5.0 ppm. Then I test the ammonia level daily and add enough ammonia to get it back up to 5.0 ppm. I also test nitrites daily... they should rise, stay high for a few days, and then drop to zero. Once ammonia and nitrite stay at zero, you're cycled.

Hope this has been of some help. Good luck