I am still cycling my 10 gallon tank (I think). It has only been a little over a week and my ammonia is still at .50 or lower, nitrites 0 and nitrates 20. Water Temp 78 and I am using "Cycle" and I have 4 zebra danios in there. Is my tank still cycling because my ammonia nor my nitrites have ever gone up? Also, once my tank is finished cycling I was wondering if the following would work in my tank. A total of 6 zebra danios, 1 dwarf gourami, 2 mystery snails, and 2 cory catfish. If not what would you recommend. Thanks :
10 Gallon Stocking Question
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joephys said:
Agreed, I have 4 cories (doesn't really matter if they are different species IMO), and they all hang out together. Good for a 10gallon too, makes gravel vacuuming that much easier (Don't rely on them to do the entire job though)
You might wanna check out some honey flame gouramis. I just purchased a pair for my 10gallon the other day and they're a pretty cool fish.
You are still early in the cycling process. It can sometimes take six weeks to two months. Just keep watching the ammonia and nitrites, and do water changes if either gets too high. In another week or two your ammonia should be gone and the nitrite will start building up. It can take quite a while for that to get to zero, but just keep monitoring and doing water changes if necessary. I think most people on this site agree that Cycle is a worthless product. If you do want to use one of the shortcut products many here say that BioSpira works wonders, but it didn't work for me. Good luck.
Cycle is a worthless product. Just do water changes, probably every second day with that bioload until the ammonia and nitrites register zero 24 hours after the last change. I woudl drop the gourami from that group. Danios are zippy fish and the gourami is aggressive. The 2 won't get along in that small of a tank without a lot of stress. A group of 5 danios and 3-4 cories would be best, IMO.