What do you think? Should I do a fishless cycle and for how long? Or should I put a few fish in there after a week or two and help it to cycle that way??????
I would start off a few cheep gold fish if you want to cycle you 10 gal tank and then wait 6 to 8 weeks to buy the fish you want.Originally posted by Erynn
What do you think? Should I do a fishless cycle and for how long? Or should I put a few fish in there after a week or two and help it to cycle that way??????
I aggree with Carp, anything from an established tank would help speed things up cup of gravel and so on.Originally posted by carpguy
Hi Erynn.
A cup of gravel, some filter media, or even an ornament from an established aquarium can help speed things up by introducing a large colony. Almost all the bacteria live on something (are not free floating) so carting around buckets of tank water will do little good.
If you can't resist the temptation to get a fish in the water and decide to go with a fishy cycle, I'd avoid feeders or goldfish and use a couple of zebra danios. Feeders are notoriously dirty fish, and goldfish are big coldwater fish. Zebras are cheap and hardy and the survivors can stay in the tank when the cycle is done.