Cycling

[Eelzor]

Ok, i have a basic idea what cycling is for tanks, but im not familiar with it much. Can someone clarificate this 'cycling of a tank'? Much obliged.

 

[Kossy]

Absoltutely simply follow my sig on cycling...alien anna wrote a magnificent article on it

 

[Eelzor]

does someone have a list of very hardy fish?

 

[Alien Anna]

does someone have a list of very hardy fish?

I put a lot of time into writing my article. Could you please read it. Then we'll discuss "hardy fish" and maybe after reading it you'll understand why I don't think it's an entirely appropriate question.

 

[Eelzor]

Oh dear, I totally understand now, gees I can be annoying at times. No wonder most of my fish died within a week. Ok, just one finalisation. I had several goldfish a long time ago, but they never died after straight away putting them in. Is coldwater fish totally different? Or are goldfish just unique? Or like you said, they won't live a healthy life?

 

[Alien Anna]

Oh dear, I totally understand now, gees I can be annoying at times. No wonder most of my fish died within a week. Ok, just one finalisation. I had several goldfish a long time ago, but they never died after straight away putting them in. Is coldwater fish totally different? Or are goldfish just unique? Or like you said, they won't live a healthy life?

Goldfish are generally pretty tough so can often survive the cycling process. However, goldfish can live 20 years and yet most don't live anywhere near that.

Most tropical fish are more delicate than goldfish but keeping goldfish properly isn't very easy - they should have 10 gals of water each and heavy-duty filtration (double the filtration the average tropical community tank requires).

 

[fish&chips]

buy 2 tanks and do both hehe fishless with fish

 

[fish&chips]

to your qeustion i know of only a FEW was hoping to find out myself being a newbie

but oh well

zebra danio (kown for cycle with very hardy)
golden barb
dawrf barb

a few Barbs are fine and Not the giant danio

if your starting try the danios very pretty then after 4 weeks try couple of neons or somthing small

then -6weeks try plecs catfish

 

[Alien Anna]

I would seriously not recommend cycling with fish if you can avoid it - "hardiness" is a relative term and even with care, its a risky process and many newbies lose fish. It's not much fun - its much better to release your new fish into a cycled tank and watch them do well from day one.

P.S. If anyone object to me talking about cycling again, I'd direct them to the title of this thread.

 

[Eelzor]

lol, don't throw a riot pplz! Just an easy question. Now i have learned and the mistake will never happen again, i hope. But this must mean my convicts are under danger. Like I read in the article, change the water everyday? Or are my convicts heading to fish heaven?

P.S Thanks for all your co-operation!

 

[fish&chips]

sorry accedent

 

[fish&chips]

sorry dude

and welcome to the forum many ppl will try to help /have there opinions and freedom of speech pls stick rnd and please dont think im being rude im not just putting my op across

also no course there not on there way why becuse if things are bad take them to local fish store say can you hold these for week while i get it under controll
or even give them back to the shop

but im sure if we can get to the problem fast we can get things sorted and save your fwishys


can just repeat fe wthings not sure if you have said

tank size ?
have you got test kit for
nitrite
nitrate
ph these are the most important there are many more but these are essential to keeping them safe

if so test the tank and try give all feedbacks of results wots the heat aslo
do you clean gravel ? just few things to try help as could be many things

 

[Alien Anna]

lol, don't throw a riot pplz! Just an easy question. Now i have learned and the mistake will never happen again, i hope. But this must mean my convicts are under danger. Like I read in the article, change the water everyday? Or are my convicts heading to fish heaven?

P.S Thanks for all your co-operation!

Hi,
don't worry about making mistakes - that's how most of us learnt. Just follow the instructions in my article until your tank is cycled and your convicts should be OK. No guarantees, of course, but convicts are not particularly delicate as far as I know. If I were you, I would do small, daily water changes until you read ammonia and nitrite at zero. At that point, your tank is cycled and you can relax.

Good luck!

 

[alex818]

Eelzor, Here's a good way to cycle your tank. I found this at a fish store...


I dont know many fish stores selling it but you can ask...
Its called "Bio-Spira" by Marineland Labs. (www.marinelandlabs.com).
This product is the real thing and if you can find it, you will see that
it comes in a small metalic bag and needs to be kept refrigerated until its ready to be used because it contains the actual live bacteria in it. Im sure you can find it in your area, the website has a store locator for its products.

Basically what you're doing is adding a certain type of bacteria to your
tank which prevents ammonia and nitrite toxicity.

The bacteria is called Nitrosomonas, Nitrosospira, and Nitrospira.

Cycling your tank any other way usually takes a couple of weeks but according to the label on the product and what the fish store guy was telling me, it works overnight but just to be on the safe side, give it a week.

Here is the actual URL to the product itself:
http/www.marinelandlabs.com/products/mll...ML_biospira.asp

B) Like I said, Give it a week to stay on the safe side B) I know its not an overnight cure but its the actual beneficial bacteria you need.

I hope this helps and goodluck cycling your tank.

 

[Squimps]

I've used Biospira before and although it speeded up my cycling process, it was not done overnight. After 2 weeks I got a large ammonia spike after I introduced some new fish. As a result, I lost a few members of my tank because of a false sense of security.

I think that the biggest problems with these products is that they appeal to people new to the hobby that are overly anxious to populate their newly purchased tank. As a result, some people may dump these things into their aquarium without really understanding the principles behind establishing a mature setup. I would encourage anyone to use it(or any of the other products) as an aid to get things started but not as a miracle cure that will allow you to have an overnight success. And before I get pounced on , I feel I must say again that this is my personal experience. If you've had tremendous luck using this stuff then I congratulate you on your success.