Cycling?

[discuspaul]

Why that specific water conditioner? I like Kordon

There are only 2, maybe 3, water conditioners that are known to detoxify ammonia and nitrites as well as defusing chlorine and chloramines, and Seachem Prime is regarded as the best.
I've never heard of Kordon, but if it's like most conditioners, it only deals with chlorine &/or chloramines, and does not detoxify ammonia & nitrites.
Read the Kordon label. If it doesn't say it detoxifies ammonia & nitrites, then it doesn't.

 

[Rbishop]

Also, Prime is the most cost effective out there for the dose. Many of the others you have to double the dose when dealing with chloramine, IME.

 

[elliriyanna]

Update ... after I planted the tank everything shot down to zero the plants are taking care of everything and my Betta boy Is doing great I even got him a snail I did move him into a new tank but I moved the cycled filter with him and all the parameters are fine ... I just do weekly changes now

 

[dwarfpuffs]

I would put the betta in a jar or something and keep changing the water. You can even buy some betta water until your tank cycles. Here is a good video on cycling. You don't have to have filter media from another tank. I fully cycled a tank with no starter bacteria in four weeks. I did use API stress zyme tho. LINK:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5zRSaWPehA

 

[elliriyanna]

The tank is fully cycled and has been for a few weeks now

 

[dwarfpuffs]

I would put the betta in a jar or something and keep changing the water. You can even buy some betta water until your tank cycles. Here is a good video on cycling. You don't have to have filter media from another tank. I fully cycled a tank with no starter bacteria in four weeks. I did use API stress zyme tho. LINK:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5zRSaWPehA

 

[dwarfpuffs]

sorry i accidentally posted that again, good to hear everything is good. I was breeding bettas for awhile. I moved to Dwarf Puffers. cycling is important. especially to breed.