Recent content by 426HEMI

Already reading various "static" information pages. I was interested in getting some first hand anecdotes from owners.

I'm interested in eventually getting one, and I'm curious to know as much as I can about them.

Gotcha. :good: It's been quite some time since I last did this, and all the cycling processes are new to me. Last time I did it, the process was decidedly old school. Buy tank, put in water, wait a day, put in fish, done. Trying to do it properly this time.

I am not sure what results you are speaking of that I may be confused by. The ammonia level is remaining high after 12 hours because of the lack of an established bacteria presence. The plants themselves are not abundant enough to consume the level of ammonia I see in the tank, therefore I saw...

Thus far the plan is fishless cycle with plants. I have 8 plants in my tank right now. I have 4 Cabomba and 4Salvinia. I managed to get a filter from my LFS, but they said they change them everyday :boggled: so I'm not sure how much I was able to get. I also added a dose of Cycle to the tank...

Outstanding, I was hoping to hear that. Now, should I at least wait until after I treat the water, or will they be ok in the tank while I am treating the water? Will the addition of the plants in the beginning negate the need to add ammonia, or will I still need to do this part of the cycling?

Hello all. I am in the process of setting up a 55gal freshwater tank. Thus far I have the tank in position, rock substrate in place, and filled with water. I just got back from the store with a Penguin 350 Bio-Wheel, heater, thermometer, testing kit, water treatment solution and bacterial...