Someone sent me this and I was wondering if its accurate. I'm planning on setting up a 55g tank.
Get the 55-gallon tank and find a sturdy place to set the tank up. This tank will weigh about 600 pounds or more once it’s filled and has gravel in it. You also want to make sure the tank stand is perfectly level otherwise your tank could possibly crack. People have had this happen and it’s not a pretty sight when your room is filled with gallons upon gallons of water and dead fish. Set up all your equipment—filter, pump, and heater. Now you can begin filling your tank. Treat the water with a de-chlorinator to remove chlorine. You could always buy bottled water but who wants to spend money on that when its cheaper to buy a de-chlorinator? After your tank is filled you want to turn on your equipment and watch it for a while to see if everything is working properly. It is now time to begin cycling your fish tank.
There are two ways to cycle your fish tanks. They are fish cycling and fishless cycling. A lot of people use fish cycling but fishless cycling is the best way to go. You need to go to the store right now and find some household ammonia that has no dyes, scents or additives. The only thing on the ingredients should be ammonia and water. This is good. You need to also pick up an ammonia test kit and possibly a nitrate test kit while you’re out shopping. Start by adding a capful of ammonia to your water. Give it a few minutes to circulate. Now test your water. Keep doing this until your ammonia is reading 5ppm. Do this everyday until your ammonia reads 0ppm is less than 24 hours. Once this happens do a large water change to get rid of the buildup of nitrates. Bravo—your tank is cycled. Add fish slowly. Never add more than 4-6 fish at a single time. When fish are stressed out they produce high levels of ammonia and ammonia is the number one killer of fish—remember that!
After your tank has fish you can enjoy its beauty. But don’t enjoy it too much because your tank still needs to be well taken care of. Every week its best to do a 10% water change. This is about 6 gallons of water for a 55-gallon tank. Before you remove the water you need to siphon your gravel to get rid of hidden fish waste. Clean off any visible algae growth on the walls of your tank. Now remove your water and add the same amount of gallons you took out. Remember to treat the water with a de-chlorinator. Try to keep the temperature of the water the same as what’s in the tank so your fish don’t get upset.
This is basically it. Good luck.
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Is this accurate information?
This is all slowly starting to make sense. I was having second thoughts about this fish tank stuff but now I think i'll go for it.
Get the 55-gallon tank and find a sturdy place to set the tank up. This tank will weigh about 600 pounds or more once it’s filled and has gravel in it. You also want to make sure the tank stand is perfectly level otherwise your tank could possibly crack. People have had this happen and it’s not a pretty sight when your room is filled with gallons upon gallons of water and dead fish. Set up all your equipment—filter, pump, and heater. Now you can begin filling your tank. Treat the water with a de-chlorinator to remove chlorine. You could always buy bottled water but who wants to spend money on that when its cheaper to buy a de-chlorinator? After your tank is filled you want to turn on your equipment and watch it for a while to see if everything is working properly. It is now time to begin cycling your fish tank.
There are two ways to cycle your fish tanks. They are fish cycling and fishless cycling. A lot of people use fish cycling but fishless cycling is the best way to go. You need to go to the store right now and find some household ammonia that has no dyes, scents or additives. The only thing on the ingredients should be ammonia and water. This is good. You need to also pick up an ammonia test kit and possibly a nitrate test kit while you’re out shopping. Start by adding a capful of ammonia to your water. Give it a few minutes to circulate. Now test your water. Keep doing this until your ammonia is reading 5ppm. Do this everyday until your ammonia reads 0ppm is less than 24 hours. Once this happens do a large water change to get rid of the buildup of nitrates. Bravo—your tank is cycled. Add fish slowly. Never add more than 4-6 fish at a single time. When fish are stressed out they produce high levels of ammonia and ammonia is the number one killer of fish—remember that!
After your tank has fish you can enjoy its beauty. But don’t enjoy it too much because your tank still needs to be well taken care of. Every week its best to do a 10% water change. This is about 6 gallons of water for a 55-gallon tank. Before you remove the water you need to siphon your gravel to get rid of hidden fish waste. Clean off any visible algae growth on the walls of your tank. Now remove your water and add the same amount of gallons you took out. Remember to treat the water with a de-chlorinator. Try to keep the temperature of the water the same as what’s in the tank so your fish don’t get upset.
This is basically it. Good luck.
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Is this accurate information?
This is all slowly starting to make sense. I was having second thoughts about this fish tank stuff but now I think i'll go for it.
