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carpy6185

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Ive had my 25 lite tank running for 3 days with the heat at 80 F and the filter going , the water has been treated , now what do i do ?
 
well, you're talking a little over 6 and a half gallons which is rather small..... what exactly did you treat the water with? Have you read the "cycle" sticky at the top of this forum?
 
I treated the water with aquasafe , and its been running for 3 days with everythink working , so what should i do now ?
 
I believe Aquasafe is a conditioner for the water, please correct me if I am wrong. Have you looked at the cycle sticky at the top of this forum? You'll need to decide whether you want to go with fishy or fishless cycling. A lot of people prefer fishless as no harm becomes of the fish and unnecessary deaths are avoidable. If you're having trouble locating the sticky, http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5927
 
right i want to do a fishless cycle , ive read the stickies but they get me confused , please can some one tell me here how i go about doin a fishless cycle , step by step , i would very much apprecaite it ..
 
Dangerdoll said:
ok..... everything is in the tank..... do you have pure ammonia? (you can get it from places like Walmart)
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Ammonia will read 0 until you add some to get the cycle going :o ... If you find the cycling article on here hard to follow, you might try a google search and see if you can find one that is a little easier to follow
 
First things first..... In order to get the fishless cycle going, you need a source of ammonia. You need to add a coupke capfuls of liquid ammonia that you get from the store (probably a store like Walmart). You must bring the ammonia level up to 5 ppm. You will test the tank daily to see that this levels stays at 5 ppm. When you begin to notice that the ppm's are dropping within a 24-hour period, that's when you may be at the end of the cycle. My tanks took 6 weeks to the day.
 
ive been talled i could add little peaces of meat , is this true to start it off , so i will not have to buy liquid ammonia .
 
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