I bought a used 125 gallon with twin Fluval 404's. When I went to look at the tank it only had one unknown 3 inch fish. They did not remenber what it was. We went back 5 hours later and they had taken it down and put the gravel in plastic lined boxes, still moist but not full of water. It took me two weeks to decide where to put it and make room etc.
While i was putting it up I found a leak from one of the filters and did not get the leaks stopped for a week at which time I put the heaters,bubbler, gravel and rocks in. The next day I put 10 zebra danios and 6 fat mollies 2.5 inches long..5 days later I put in 15 more zebras, 8 more mollies and 6 2.5 inch convicts...I have checked my water every 48 hours but have zero ammonia zero nitrites and zero nitrates. I am going to have an all african cichlid tank but used the above mix because they were all on sale for $.39 to $.99 each.
Is it possible the bacteria lived with no heat, water or "food" for the 3 weeks? Is this tank already cycled? I was going to put some gravel from my established 55 gallon tank in a net as soon as I got an ammonia spike, but it does not look like that is going to happen!
While i was putting it up I found a leak from one of the filters and did not get the leaks stopped for a week at which time I put the heaters,bubbler, gravel and rocks in. The next day I put 10 zebra danios and 6 fat mollies 2.5 inches long..5 days later I put in 15 more zebras, 8 more mollies and 6 2.5 inch convicts...I have checked my water every 48 hours but have zero ammonia zero nitrites and zero nitrates. I am going to have an all african cichlid tank but used the above mix because they were all on sale for $.39 to $.99 each.
Is it possible the bacteria lived with no heat, water or "food" for the 3 weeks? Is this tank already cycled? I was going to put some gravel from my established 55 gallon tank in a net as soon as I got an ammonia spike, but it does not look like that is going to happen!
