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Sorry Kas, I had to go to bed...finally :laugh:

Unfamous~a bit off topic, but a general word of warning... being in a book, an LFS or even advice from people on here doesn't necessarily make it a good situation for the fish. Go to any store that sells kits for tanks and count the number of fish they have in a 5g tank on the box, 20 or so usually :eek:!! You sound dedicated to the tank (and determined!) so good luck.
 
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Hey to answer your question I'd probably use the tetras to cyle the tank they are hardy little fish and to speed up the cyle a bit you had said you had a 30 gallon tank also if it has been running a while take some of the plants or rocks to put in the 50 gallon temporarily to get some bacteria in there oh and you probly no but a little bit of bacteria is good alot is bad.
good luck
 
If you have another tank running already, run the new filter on the old tank for 2+ weeks and then move it onto the new tank once you have filled it with water and DECHLORINATED IT (if you put the filter on before you do this, the water could run through the filter and the chlorine could kill the bacteria). I cycled a 180g tank by moving the filters off 2 tanks I was shutting down onto it and had no cycle. Just be sure to test the water first and get a few fish that day to keep it going, add a few a week if you can be that patient. Or fishless cycle and add all at once
 
the fishless cycle sounds like a good idea and i will probably use that method. i will most likely get fish weekly or so anyways, i am not in a rush. What is your guys thoughts on bacteria additives like cycle and stress enzyme? and once the tank is cycle what fish should put in first,second, third, ect...?
 
well then i think i will look at that bio-spira. the official stocking list is:
4 Discus
8 rumynose tetras
6 marble hatchetfish
4 german blue rams
4 cory cats
possible ottos not shure yet
 
i thought that conversation was put to rest? but i already lowered the number of tetras and i could put 2 germans instead of 4.
 
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