SaWEET!

like that mad dog puppet from Conan Obrian;

DAHMM YOU!!! How DARE you flaunt your completed cycle to those of us still out here in the dark ages of the endless cycle - DAAHHMMM YOU!!!

jus joking - congrats!!!
 
Thanks guys! I am proud that I have done such a good job so far- but not in a concieted way ;) I've really enjoyed this process- and everything is going positive. Some diatomacious algea has shown up, but it hasn't spread throughout the tank, just some minimal spots here and there.

Later this week I am going to pick up my clean up crew- and then after another week or two- I can add my first fish!!!!!!!

WoHOOO!!!
 
Just remember to quarantine your fish before adding them to the display tank. I quarantine for two weeks minimum. The one and only time I failed to quarantine a new arrival, it infected my entire tank with Ich. I didn't lose any fish, but the treatment process took 2 months and was a huge pain in the a$$!
 
I don't think I'm going to be quaratining. I don't have an extra tank, or any room for one. Also, if I were to get another tank for quarantining, I'd have to have it cycle again...I am not going to wait another month- I think I'll buy a cleaner shrimp and acclimate them very slowly- LOL. But really- I don't even think it's a possibility. Too much time, and not enough extra money. I think I'll just have to make sure i do things right when I start to buy fish, and acclimte them properly.
 
I hear you on not having the room or the time! ;) However, one cup full of sand out of your showtank can cut cycle time in a QT to mere weeks. It's just like adding live sand, except you "grew" it yourself. I cycled a 29 gallon tank in 20 days using a 4 inch DSB seeded with two 16 oz cupfulls out of an established tank.

You don't have to quarantine, but you do need to have an action plan in place if one of your fish brings a disease into the tank. Of course, we'll be here if you need us...
 
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