cycling the tank creates beneficial bacteria to quickly convert ammonia your fish produce into harmless substances (well, up to a point; those harmless substances [nitrate] can be harmful if you're not doing occasional water changes to keep the nitrate at a reasonable level). But, in order for a tank to benefit, there has to be porous areas for the bacteria to live, sand, sponge, rock, etc. It can't be a bare tank.
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also, an RO unit is a water filter(you know for tap water) LOL, it's ok
anyway, you can drink the RO water(and plastic bottles suck anyway[they destroy the Y chromosome]) I prefer my own RO water over any other bottled stuff(unless if it's in a glass bottle and tastes great)
if you wanna good RO unit for cheap, try ebay
BTW, nitrate is okay, it's the end of the cycle(so keep the nitrate until the whole cycle goes on flawlessly[then you change the water])
anyway, you can drink the RO water(and plastic bottles suck anyway[they destroy the Y chromosome]) I prefer my own RO water over any other bottled stuff(unless if it's in a glass bottle and tastes great)
if you wanna good RO unit for cheap, try ebay
BTW, nitrate is okay, it's the end of the cycle(so keep the nitrate until the whole cycle goes on flawlessly[then you change the water])
make sure its not a brand that puts minerals in their water, some company do it so the water tastes better but they are prolly not good for a aquarium it would be cheaper to buy a few 5gallon buckets w/ sealable tops and find either a petstore or a friend with a RO unit and keep a few buckets of RO handy.
i would do a water change before adding fish. when you do add fish add slowly...like one fish every 4 to 6 weeks. if you don't have one yet you should set up a qt tank also. put any new fish in the qt tank for a 4 - 6 week period of time before adding them into your tank. this will enable you to catch any diseases before you introduce the new fish into your main tank.
so a qt tank is a seperate tank with seperate everything?? and all i use it for it to quarantine fish before putting them in?
also, i read on a tutorial, that because i used the shrimp method to cycle the tank, i can introduce 5-6 live stock at a time... is that true? if not, what will happen?
also, i read on a tutorial, that because i used the shrimp method to cycle the tank, i can introduce 5-6 live stock at a time... is that true? if not, what will happen?
