heresyoftruth
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I started my 10 gallon tank on the last day of march with 2 "sacrificial goldfish", and then started my research. (I am an idiot and should have reversed the order!) I then read about cycling, and all the goodies that my lfs didn't tell me about. They are okay, and talk to me about it now that I know what to ask, but hadn't really volunteered the info when I started. I feel pretty awful about being told I need "sacrificial goldfish" by the lfs, and if I had been smarter and researched I would have gone with fishless cycling. (Thier terminology was "sacrificial goldfish")
So then I read about the happy bacteria I needed, and took some decorations from an aquarium my husband has, along with some water to jump start the cycling process. I am currently down to 0 amonnia, and then took my water into the lfs to test yesterday and was told my nitrite was high. I didn't get exact readings from her, though.
One of the two goldfish got ick, which I treated with ick gaurd, and a few days later the second has it, and looks like they are dying. I was curious, once contracted do they ever come back from it? I am sure the poor water quality is to blame.
My question, after that intro of doom, is whether I can speed up the process. Could I cycle tank water out of my established tank into my new one? The established on is healthy and fine, 0 amonnia and I really need nitrite, and nitrate test kits for the rest. Will this help with a nitrite spike? How close is this to the end of the cycling process.
Oh! I almost forgot. I have a snail, that exploded into baby snails (I wish I knew they did that before I bought them, again with the research!) and was wondering if they produced the same kind of waste that fish did, or if that could upset the balance of the tank.
Thanks a lot.
So then I read about the happy bacteria I needed, and took some decorations from an aquarium my husband has, along with some water to jump start the cycling process. I am currently down to 0 amonnia, and then took my water into the lfs to test yesterday and was told my nitrite was high. I didn't get exact readings from her, though.
One of the two goldfish got ick, which I treated with ick gaurd, and a few days later the second has it, and looks like they are dying. I was curious, once contracted do they ever come back from it? I am sure the poor water quality is to blame.
My question, after that intro of doom, is whether I can speed up the process. Could I cycle tank water out of my established tank into my new one? The established on is healthy and fine, 0 amonnia and I really need nitrite, and nitrate test kits for the rest. Will this help with a nitrite spike? How close is this to the end of the cycling process.
Oh! I almost forgot. I have a snail, that exploded into baby snails (I wish I knew they did that before I bought them, again with the research!) and was wondering if they produced the same kind of waste that fish did, or if that could upset the balance of the tank.
Thanks a lot.