I've been out of the hobby for about four years now, and BF and I just decided we missed having fish, so we're setting up my old 10gal in our apartment (the 60gal has to stay at my mom's for now).
Re: cycling: I got a bit of gravel from the guy at the LFS and all related accessories (the only thing I seem to be missing is a thermometer, but I'm just going to order one tonight). I'd been adding fish food, and after testing yesterday, my ammonia came out to 0.25ppm. I only just discovered the method where you add 100% ammonia yourself, so I picked some up tonight. My question is this: how much ammonia do I add to my 10gal tank? And should I siphon out the fish food I'd been adding for the past few days?
(As an aside, I think I'm set on a small group of harlequin rasboras and pygmy cories.)
Re: cycling: I got a bit of gravel from the guy at the LFS and all related accessories (the only thing I seem to be missing is a thermometer, but I'm just going to order one tonight). I'd been adding fish food, and after testing yesterday, my ammonia came out to 0.25ppm. I only just discovered the method where you add 100% ammonia yourself, so I picked some up tonight. My question is this: how much ammonia do I add to my 10gal tank? And should I siphon out the fish food I'd been adding for the past few days?
(As an aside, I think I'm set on a small group of harlequin rasboras and pygmy cories.)