cycling

So i recently had three female guppies with two male fish in a ten gallon tank with one algae eater.....well my oldest female guppy died (I think and hope of old age). So i was left with a bad ratio of females to males, and i really do not want any of my females to die of being stressed out and...

Hey guys and gals. So when i was a beginner in fish keeping, which i still am, I had an emergency in which i had to move a fish from a ten gallon to any other tank that i had. At the time I only had a empty one gallon (uncycled). I don't remember what the specific emergency was but i thought...

Have just bought a 12L nano tank and am going to start cycling it when the heater arrives. Will be following TTA's guide for beginners as I've cycled to much higher ammonia levels before and am hoping his method will speed up the process. My last one took 36 days so fingers crossed! I wouldn't...

The issue is that this white stuff is all over the tank but i'm still in the process of cycling but this white stuff just start tanking over the tank.   The tank stats are:   Tank Size: 10G, Fish:        1 Dalmation Molly        1 Turquoise Guppy        1 Marigold Platy        1 Mickey Mouse...

Hey everyone, I am currently cycling my 125 gallon tank (about 48inches x 24 inches x 24 inches). Im trying to decide what to stock it with, which seems to be the hardest decision! So far i am interested in Angelfish, Plecos, and Bala sharks. I would like to choose larger fish because i have a...

I have a 10 gallon tank with some driftwood and anubias attached to it, would it be alright if i took it out and added it to new tank because my fish keeps biting the leaves off. I was curious if it would create a mini cycle in the tank.

I use established filter media, possibly with gravel from established tank? Im a little iffy on the gravel part because there is some kind of parasite going around (head twitching, rubbing on gravel, one affected fish keeps swimming to top for air, what is wrong?)

Hello,   After my initial attempt at cycling my 125L tank for 33 days without any drop in ammonia, I cleaned out the tank and filter completely and started again.   On the second attempt the only difference was that instead of using water from the tap I filtered if through a Pozzani to remove...

Hello I'm Jay and new to this forum. I just started a fishless cycle and looking for any info or advice or suggestions to have a smooth cycle. Here is some basic info. 29 gallon tank, completely setup, 2 filters a fluval 206 canister filter and a fluval aquaclear 70 hob power filter, using...

I have always had Platys, however never knew much about the hobby. My platys have always been happy and healthy, but I want to get more serious about the hobby because I want to start breeding/selling.   10 gallon tank   First:  What should the pH be for platys. (Please no super technical terms...

Hello,   I am very new to the fish keeping hobby. My girlfriend got me a Baby Biorb 15L for Christmas. The last fish tank I had was a Goldfish bowl when I was 5, and my goodness has the game changed.   Anyways, I did as the instructions said, I dumped the bacteria in, waited a day, and went to...

Hi folks, I'm three weeks into the cycling phase (No Fish) and have a reading of 3ppm of ammonia (5 days) and 0 nitrate and 0 nitrites readings. It's been four to five days since I adjusted the ammonia reading because it was too high. I did a 25% water change and in about three days it lowered...

I'm new here and I'm having a lot of problems setting up my tank.  I have a lot of questions.  LOL I was given a 5 gallon GLOFISH aquarium for Christmas. I set it up according to the instructions that came with the tank. I have a whisper bio filter, small heater and air stone.  I'm using gravel...

Hello All,   I am sorry to be having to ask a fishless cycle question when there is so much information available online, but here goes again…   My tank is a newly set up 125 L Fluval with an Eheim Professional 3 filter.  I measured the water going in and there is 112 L.  There is a 1 cm think...

Hi, Think i've gone wrong really hoping someone can please advise me.   Added first ammount and it took ten days to drop down. Day10 - Added same full amount of ammonia Day 12 - Ammonia had dropped to 0.50ppm and Nitrite was 5ppm (or over) with Nitrate showing.   I was reading about snack...

So the nitrite levels are off the chain, and I did my research and found out that I have to do daily water changes until it goes back down. Then I found out each water change is supposed to drop it to zero, and if it doesn't, increase the amount of water change. Well after a week of doing 25%...

Hi everyone,   Like many others, I am cycling my new tank and am a little bit confused with the results I am seeing.   I have a 38 gallon, which I have seeded with a filter, water and decorations from an established 10 gallon.  I am doing a fish-in cycle with 4 neon tetras and 1 rose danio.  I...

Hi, not sure if I'm doing this right but I am new and I would like to introduce myself. I am a mom of a two year old who LOVES fish and I just got him a tank for Christmas. I have been reading all the posts on how to properly set it up. Thank you all for your expertise! Best, BabyMatthew's mom

Hi guys!, So im in the last stage of my fishless cycle, Actually im fairly certain the cycle is done. Got used filters from a friend of mine, and threw in a shrimp 2 weeks ago. My test kit is unfortunately in the mail but Ill be picking it up tomorrow. Just a background: my tank's substrate is...

What is cycling a tank? And use common words, I'm not a huge fish person, I have bred guppies for a while and am switching to mollies fairly soon.