I am not going to make excuses for not going through the fishless cycling in my fish tank, it just worked out that I was able to talk the wife into a 12 gallon tank for my 3 year olds birthday two days before his big day.....anyway, I had the tank set up one day in advance, put in water...
Darrel- I have not given too much thought to how I will cycle the tank. I have noticed a lot of posts relating to it, and I know it needs to be done. I was probably thinking of getting a couple hardy fish to start out, even if that means they are not what I wanted and need to take them back to...
I am starting my research into setting up a African Cichlid tank over the next few months. I have started reading posts in various forums to get what knowledge I can about my new hobby, and it will be some time before I actually buy fish....actually, all I have done so far is purchase a fish...