Ok so as I've mentioned here before, I got my first tank yesterday. I just set it up and am letting it run, but I havent the first clue how to cycle it. I know that a lot of info you hear at pet shops should be taken with a grain of salt, but this just plain contradicted everything I had ever heard.
I asked the pet shop employee, who claimed she had 10 30 gallon tanks running smoothly and healthily at home, how she reccommended cycling the tank. She said, bring everything home, set it up, and let everything run for 48 hours, then put in 2 or 3 small fish, like tetras, and a week later gradually start adding in more fish. Does this sound right to you? Because that info was like nothing ive ever read on here.
I asked the pet shop employee, who claimed she had 10 30 gallon tanks running smoothly and healthily at home, how she reccommended cycling the tank. She said, bring everything home, set it up, and let everything run for 48 hours, then put in 2 or 3 small fish, like tetras, and a week later gradually start adding in more fish. Does this sound right to you? Because that info was like nothing ive ever read on here.