Cycleing With Fish Food.

[guppyguy1234]

Hi everyone I am fairly new to the hobby of fish keeping and I currently have a large 96ltr eheim aquastar running all freswater tropical and I have bought a 25 ltr clearseal fish tank i was wondering if anyone who has used fish food to cycle tanks before could help me out thanks.

 

[fluttermoth]

I've cycled with fish food, but it's messy and hard to control.
 
I would very strongly recommend you get some household ammonia and cycle with that. It's much easier.

 

[guppyguy1234]

i have cycled with amonia before i agree with you 100%
its just i started and realised that i had no amonia left so i tried somthing new but i will definatley purchase amonia soon

 

[XeroTolerance]

Yeah I wouldn't recommend cycling with fish food or anything of that matter such as cocktail shrimp. Ammonia is the way to go bro

 

[TwoTankAmin]

If you must cycle with non ammonia via rotting food, fish food is a very poor choice as it is low in matter that produces ammonia. Use a piece of shrimp or cut fish. But using actual ammonia s repeatedly advised above is a much better option.

 

[Ch4rlie]

This might help you to source a bottle of ammonia, i'd agree with above posts and recommend you try using bottled ammonia rather than fish food.
 
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/427161-ammonia-and-bacteria-starter-sources/
 
 
And here is a link for the Cycle Your Tank article just in case you have not read this yet.
 
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/421488-cycling-your-new-fresh-water-tank-read-this-first/