Recent content by Newbie 2 Hobby

Awesome! The LFS and the fish person at petco agreed so I went ahead and started small with 2 mystery snails and 5 blue velvet shrimp so as to not shock the ecosystem. After seeing how these do I'll be adding oto catfish and and some more shrimp from another source. Schooling fish after the...

Hello, first timer here. Cycling a 55 gallon planted tank and these have been the readings from day 8 to 17. Am I close to completing the cycle? I asked in other places and someone seemed concerned with how fast the nitrites and nitrates dropped towards the end (today). The only ammonia source I...