Fishless Cycle Diary

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[djl08]

Good for you dude, hope it all goes well from here.

- Dj -

 

[mancin]

Thanks guys! I'm still going to keep an eye on it for the next several days. My plants won't be here until Wednesday at the earliest anyway, and I want to plant those before I get fish in there. Much easier when you don't have fish nipping at you, considering that freaks me out.

 

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Thanks guys! I'm still going to keep an eye on it for the next several days. My plants won't be here until Wednesday at the earliest anyway, and I want to plant those before I get fish in there. Much easier when you don't have fish nipping at you, considering that freaks me out.

I re-scape my gravel after every water change every weekend. My fish love to nip at my arm when I'm doing this and I consider it a fun and positive sign that they are healthy and well-adjusted. None of the ones I have currently can do any serious damage.

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[mancin]

I put some pics in my journal, but thought I'd post some here as well.

A pic of the tank with the lights on:

Moonlights (pic didn't come out too well):

 

[djl08]

Cool, i love those moonlights. Where did you get those from?

- Dj -

 

[mancin]

Cool, i love those moonlights. Where did you get those from?

- Dj -

I actually found them on eBay. The fixture holds 4 - 65W bulbs, but that's far too much light for this tank, so I'm only running 2 bulbs. Was a good thing anyway considering 2 bulbs were damaged in shipment. It was $100, including shipping, which is the best deal I could find!

 

[mancin]

Bah! Pesky NitrItes. I have a reading today. I half wonder if I put in too much Ammonia last night, but of course it's possible that I was just celebrating too early. I checked the pH to be sure it didn't drop again and so far that looks good. No big deal though. I likely was going to wait until next pay day anyway.

 

[mancin]

Well, I felt pretty comfortable with the way the numbers have been looking, so I went ahead and did a big water change yesterday and got some fish! I have 7 Congo Tetras and 5 Hatchetfish. I have 5 juvenile Angels coming tomorrow. That will be the final stocking for awhile. I'll be adding a few bottom dwellers once my plants have had a chance to root. My LFS was quite intrigued about the fishless cycling process.

You can see updates in my journal.

 

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Well, I felt pretty comfortable with the way the numbers have been looking, so I went ahead and did a big water change yesterday and got some fish! I have 7 Congo Tetras and 5 Hatchetfish. I have 5 juvenile Angels coming tomorrow. That will be the final stocking for awhile. I'll be adding a few bottom dwellers once my plants have had a chance to root. My LFS was quite intrigued about the fishless cycling process.

You can see updates in my journal.

mancin, May I ask your angel source (I think you mentioned being in the USA) as the traditional angels with a normal stripe pattern like that have seemed difficult to find for some. -wd-

 

[mancin]

mancin, May I ask your angel source (I think you mentioned being in the USA) as the traditional angels with a normal stripe pattern like that have seemed difficult to find for some. -wd-

Of course! I agree, these are a bit difficult to find. My LFS has Angels, and some I was semi-interested in, but I saw these and absolutely fell in love with them. I found them on Aqua Bid. Seller by the name of 'Fishfarmusa.' He's out in Georgia. They are F1 and really are beautiful. I'm going to try and get some more pics of them today. They are still a bit skittish when I come in the room (but then I can sit down for about 5 minutes and then they forget I'm there and come out )

 

[waterdrop]

Thanks mancin. Interesting, almost wonder where in Georgia.. could even think about stopping by down there sometime as I go roughly that way for various things, ha!

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[mancin]

Thanks mancin. Interesting, almost wonder where in Georgia.. could even think about stopping by down there sometime as I go roughly that way for various things, ha!

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He's in Statham, GA. If you want, I can PM you his email address. Let me know.

 

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Yeah, thanks mancin it'd be great to file that away! Sheesh, everything good seems to be east of Atlanta, that's where the "microcar" museum is too .. some town around that direction, with the weird little 3-wheeled Isetta's and stuff! Its much more rare for me to get in the Atlanta direction than closer over to the coast.. oh well, you never know, right?

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[mancin]

PM sent your way.