greenscooby
Fishaholic
Hi all,
I'll start this with an apology as this is also posted in the Your New Freshwater tank forum, but I'm an impatient so and so!!!
It's been a VERY VERY LONG TIME since I've been on here, about 18 months ago my tank completely died and I was so upset that I never bothered to continue with this wonderful hobby. Now I'm ready to start all over again, so I took a trip to my LFS and told them what happened, and said I was going to re-start my tank again and was there to get ideas of what to stock my tank with.
After being quite obsessive(spelling) about this forum (many moons ago) I know the way to go is a fishLESS cycle, but my LFS said not to bother with that, this is what I was told
1. Fill tank with fresh media, substrate and de-chlorinated water.
2. Leave for 24 hours then turn heater and filter on.
3. After another 48 hours when the water is up to tempreature start to add a few (3 I was told) fish per week as this would be the same as doing a fishless cycle but quicker.
Yes this was the advice I got from my LFS.
I have done a lot of reading about fishless cycling and no matter how many times I read it I always seem to confuse myself something stupid, it's not just one thing about it it's all of it, spikes, how much ammonia to add, how big a water change, my brain just gets scrambled.
So do I follow the advice from my LFS (after all as many people say it's in their interests to look after me as a customer), or ignore it and find someone I know who can explain the fishless cycle in layman terms.
Any help greatly appreciated, many thanks in advance,
Scooby.
I'll start this with an apology as this is also posted in the Your New Freshwater tank forum, but I'm an impatient so and so!!!
It's been a VERY VERY LONG TIME since I've been on here, about 18 months ago my tank completely died and I was so upset that I never bothered to continue with this wonderful hobby. Now I'm ready to start all over again, so I took a trip to my LFS and told them what happened, and said I was going to re-start my tank again and was there to get ideas of what to stock my tank with.
After being quite obsessive(spelling) about this forum (many moons ago) I know the way to go is a fishLESS cycle, but my LFS said not to bother with that, this is what I was told
1. Fill tank with fresh media, substrate and de-chlorinated water.
2. Leave for 24 hours then turn heater and filter on.
3. After another 48 hours when the water is up to tempreature start to add a few (3 I was told) fish per week as this would be the same as doing a fishless cycle but quicker.
Yes this was the advice I got from my LFS.
I have done a lot of reading about fishless cycling and no matter how many times I read it I always seem to confuse myself something stupid, it's not just one thing about it it's all of it, spikes, how much ammonia to add, how big a water change, my brain just gets scrambled.
So do I follow the advice from my LFS (after all as many people say it's in their interests to look after me as a customer), or ignore it and find someone I know who can explain the fishless cycle in layman terms.
Any help greatly appreciated, many thanks in advance,
Scooby.
