Lostatsea
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I had an aquarium many years ago but decided to get back into the hobby. In a non-traditional way we bought some minnows for fishing but came back home with more than we thought so I got the wild idea to start an aquarium to keep them weekend to weekend. I went out and bought a 20L with a HOB filter rated at 40gal and a bubbler. Everyday I would perform a 50% water change to try and keep ammonia down but we still lost several fish. After 1.5wks I had put a log decoration and it seems one of the large minnows had died inside the log and began to decay. I decided to pull the decoration and get rid of the rest of the fish because I couldnāt keep ammonia below 4ppm. Itās been 1wk since all the fish have been removed but I still test about 3ppm ammonia everyday. Will a traditional fish less cycle happen? Thereās quite a bit of uneaten food and debris still in the gravel I added the 3rd day of setting up the tank. I just bought some Seachem stability and Iāve been dosing for 3 days.