TwoTankAmin
Fish Connoisseur
Just for the record. I believe that the best thing that could happen to this thread is for it to be completely deleted. The advice is mostly so far off the mark as to almost insure that fish are harmed or killed. For sure the odds are good that following it will shorten the lived of all the fish involved even if it doesn't outright harm of kill them.
In a fishless cycle one should try to be doing as few water changes as possible.
If you do not know the difference between NH3 and NH4 and what part of total ammonia they might be, you should simply not even think about doing a fish in cycle. If you do not know about nitrite and chloride, the same applies.
For close to two years I have been challenging tos who insist that massive water changes are needed any time total ammonia reaches .25 or .5 ppm to provide a single shred of scientific research to support this. To date not a single person has been able to do so. On the other hand I have provided links to study after study that supports the opposite view.
Sigh......
Please, do not try to cycle a tank with fish. If you have started, either add enough viable bacteria to get the tank cycled as close to instantly as possible or else remove the fish and complete the cycle without them.
In a fishless cycle one should try to be doing as few water changes as possible.
If you do not know the difference between NH3 and NH4 and what part of total ammonia they might be, you should simply not even think about doing a fish in cycle. If you do not know about nitrite and chloride, the same applies.
For close to two years I have been challenging tos who insist that massive water changes are needed any time total ammonia reaches .25 or .5 ppm to provide a single shred of scientific research to support this. To date not a single person has been able to do so. On the other hand I have provided links to study after study that supports the opposite view.
Sigh......
Please, do not try to cycle a tank with fish. If you have started, either add enough viable bacteria to get the tank cycled as close to instantly as possible or else remove the fish and complete the cycle without them.