Ok, I'm really new to the fish scene and knew absolutely NOTHING when my mother bought the tank for my daughters 4th birthday...
Wasn't even a hobby that I was interested in,(UNTIL NOW, I'm hooked
)
Read the instructions when I set up the tank,it said wait 24 hours before adding fish and of course it's really hard for a 4 year old to look at a fishless aquarium (me too) so we went and bought fish after a couple of days & previously adding my betta 1st. Still knowing nothing mind you. The chic at the fishstore gave me a brief run through of cycling but I still didn't get it and they said to only add a few fish so we bought 6 little ones (plus the betta who was already in the tank) so about 3 weeks later I was told that it was cycled when I brought my water in to see if we could add more fish yet, so it's cycled, that means I could add more fish right? BIG MISTAKE, little did I know that it does the mini cycle with each load you add and Oh Boy did we add a load! I've learned a lot since then and I've tried to be patient and do everything right, no casualties so that's good, but we're slightly bordering being overstocked and NOW 8 weeks later, 11 weeks total, my nitrites FINALLY tested at zero today, they hung out at 0.25 mark FOREVER and the water was cloudy and at some points I was just ready to cry and put an ad in the paper stating "free tank,fish and all, come and get it" but I toughed it out and YAAAAAYYY!!! I made it! Happy Happy Joy Joy!!!!
Wasn't even a hobby that I was interested in,(UNTIL NOW, I'm hooked
)Read the instructions when I set up the tank,it said wait 24 hours before adding fish and of course it's really hard for a 4 year old to look at a fishless aquarium (me too) so we went and bought fish after a couple of days & previously adding my betta 1st. Still knowing nothing mind you. The chic at the fishstore gave me a brief run through of cycling but I still didn't get it and they said to only add a few fish so we bought 6 little ones (plus the betta who was already in the tank) so about 3 weeks later I was told that it was cycled when I brought my water in to see if we could add more fish yet, so it's cycled, that means I could add more fish right? BIG MISTAKE, little did I know that it does the mini cycle with each load you add and Oh Boy did we add a load! I've learned a lot since then and I've tried to be patient and do everything right, no casualties so that's good, but we're slightly bordering being overstocked and NOW 8 weeks later, 11 weeks total, my nitrites FINALLY tested at zero today, they hung out at 0.25 mark FOREVER and the water was cloudy and at some points I was just ready to cry and put an ad in the paper stating "free tank,fish and all, come and get it" but I toughed it out and YAAAAAYYY!!! I made it! Happy Happy Joy Joy!!!!
