So I bought my bestest best friend her 10-gallon birthday tank. She won't turn 23 until the end of August, but I wanted to give the tank time to cycle so we could buy her fish on her birthday. We're setting it up tomorrow using my old blue gravel from my 5-gallon planted tank and maybe another bag or two of new gravel.
Once it's cycled, I'm also going to put some of my platies in her tank to help gradually increase the beneficial bacteria to levels healthy enough that I can return my fish to my tank the day before her birthday and she can get all her fish without worrying about a nasty nitrite spike.
I figure it's the easiest way to up the healthy bacteria in her tank without her having to space out her fish purchases.
I just had to share. I'm so excited for her. She's one of those kind of people that makes you excited just to see she's excited about something. ^__^;;
So yeah... I'm all antzy and I wanna run over to her place and set the tank up tonight. Isn't that awful??
Once it's cycled, I'm also going to put some of my platies in her tank to help gradually increase the beneficial bacteria to levels healthy enough that I can return my fish to my tank the day before her birthday and she can get all her fish without worrying about a nasty nitrite spike.
I figure it's the easiest way to up the healthy bacteria in her tank without her having to space out her fish purchases.
I just had to share. I'm so excited for her. She's one of those kind of people that makes you excited just to see she's excited about something. ^__^;;
So yeah... I'm all antzy and I wanna run over to her place and set the tank up tonight. Isn't that awful??
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the platies are merely to maintain the bioload until stocking.
