Recent content by citylover

Day 28 (Sep 01): Ammonia is at 1ppm now! I'm finally seeing some noticeable drop! Cannot believe this first step takes me this long and it is still not at 0 yet!!! Almost a whole month already!!!

Thanks, Enthusiastic "Re-Beginner"! I turn on the light some times to "appreciate" my tank (with only water and some decorations in it + my imagination), but I do not know it could interfere with the fish-less cycle I'm working on! Thanks for the tip!

Day 11 (Aug 15): No change. Ammonia is still at 4.0ppm... The water turns cloudy and greenish color, looks dirty... Friends coming to my home start to wonder why my fish tank has no fish residing while the water is still turning dirty... Well, quite hard to explain to them what I'm working on...

I see! I have a feeling this is going to be a tough test for my patience :sly:

Thanks a lot, OldMan. What you said made a lot of sense. I think I'll buy a new test kit to try again. I wasn't sure I was getting the correct reading anyway... Day 4 (Aug 08): Test ammonia again, still at 4.0ppm.... Oh~~~~ not a bit of dropping...

Day 1 (Aug 05): Mine is a 55 gallon starter kit, comes with light, heater and filter. Bought a 2nd filter for backup. Everything has been running for over a week. Was to put fish in last weekend but lucky enough to get advice from people in this forum to start a fishless cycle. Now I'm holding...

Thanks everyone. I've done my reading and bought everything needed. Will start a "fishless cycle diary" like BethK suggested!

Thanks a lot to all of you replied. I was actually to head out to buy those baby fish today. But lucky that I read your posts before I took off. Local pet store only told me to add some tap water conditioner before stocking. Never heard of "fishless cycle"! Now I'm going to spend more time...

I'm a complete beginner, just got a 55 gallon tank ready (install filter, heater, add water conditioner, etc) for African cichlid. The local pet store is offering discount on baby Red Zebra and Electric Yellow. They are very small (around or less than 1"). I don't feel ready for more expensive...