How Long To Cycle?

[Durbkat]

Well I'm kind of confused on what Danny101 means - "how long with water treatment"

Danny - if you're trying to cycle the tank, which is good because you have a 5gal tank and don't want to keep doing weekly water changes on that sucker ( I am soo lazy) then you can do the cycle w/ the betta living in the 5gal. You're going to have to monitor the levels and do partial changes weekly til the numbers are right on! That should take 6-8 weeks.

If you talking about how long does it take to treat water so it can be ready for the betta to live in. . . then some dechlor should do the trick (in seconds!!). But if you don't have the stuff then you can set the water out for a day and that's works just as good.

OMG - did I go into this too much???

Thanks you have just told me what i needed to know aswell
.I am about to fill some tanks and was wondering how long before i could ad fish.Not like i am impatient or anything

Well it depends on what kind of fish your getting, what size tanks they are, and if they have filters in them.

Danny I think you confused people with the title "How long to cycle?" but if you had the topic title as something like "How long after putting dechloranator will it be safe for fish?" then people would have said something like sukie said.

 

[danny101]

yeah i figured that! but by the time i figured out people were baffled!

at least sukie saw past the vagueness of the question...i think people get the idea now!

Thanks Durbkat


Danny

 

[grahamsokel]

So if i fill 21/2 gallon tanks and leave them a few days will they be ok to add Bettas?For all my Amphibians and reptiles i let water stand for a minimum of 48hrs to let the chloreine out before using it

 

[danny101]

from what i have been told yes...use dechlorinator aswell to make sure.mines been going for a week now without a fish..but only because i cant get my betta yet because of the weather!


That should be fine

Danny

 

[sukie]

and you answered my question well! better than everyone else !!

B) Where's my prize buddy!!!???

Just kidding - hope things work out and patience is the key