How long will it take to cycle my 5g?

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Today I bought a 5g tank. I only have about 3g of water in it because it will be for RCS and i don't want them to jump out. I put the water conditioner in there along with some plants and gravel from an already cycled tank.
Currently it is housing fry that one of my milles gave birth to.

The big question is, how long will it take to cycle because I know RCS are VERY sensitive. :confused:
 
CerenaDaft said:
Today I bought a 5g tank. I only have about 3g of water in it because it will be for RCS and i don't want them to jump out. I put the water conditioner in there along with some plants and gravel from an already cycled tank.
Currently it is housing fry that one of my milles gave birth to.

The big question is, how long will it take to cycle because I know RCS are VERY sensitive. :confused:
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Short answer? However long it takes until the water test results come back with 0 ammonia and nitrites and some nitrates. There is no "exactly 17 days, 23 hours, and 4 minutes" kind of answer for how long it takes a tank to cycle. Fishless cycles are typically upwards of 4 weeks, but if you use a seeded filter from an established tank, you could pretty much instantly cycle it.
 
authman pretty much got it. One thing I would like to also add, RCS don't jump out haha. I have a 5g with around 180 of 'em and I haven't had a single one jump out.
 
Man, I was wondering what rcs stands for. My only result was red cherry shrimp. I too want to keep them when I am ready for them. I have no worries about them jumping. The worst that could happen is one climbs the intake for the filter and then gets knocked down by the output of the filter. If you are worried about them jumping, just get a glass/plexiglass lid for the tank. I think that most places that sell tanks sell the lids too.
 
IMO (and solely IMO) it's pointless to cycle shrimp only tanks. Shrimp produce so little bioload it'll be near impossible to keep the tank cycled. Especially if you're just starting a colony...
 
As the others have said, there is no set time for how long it takes to cycle a tank. IME it generally tanks about 1-2 weeks with smaller tanks like a 5g. Of course, that number is a rough estimate.
 
homedog98 said:
IMO (and solely IMO) it's pointless to cycle shrimp only tanks. Shrimp produce so little bioload it'll be near impossible to keep the tank cycled. Especially if you're just starting a colony...
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i too agree with this. i had a very large pickle jar and i just took some gravel from another tank and threw it in along with a lot of java moss and anachris and i didnt do water changes for weeks and the shrimp were fine.
 
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