Hi guys, im getting my first tank very soon- a 37 gallon, and i need some help with cycling this bad boy, i have written down a step by step progress on what i think i might do, but could you guys check it over and see any points of concern? The stocking list is as follows:
1 male albino peacock cichlid
7 other random peacocks, unsexed
1 male yellow lab
2 female yellow labs (im still not sure wether to just get one, or two?)
1 brittlenose catfish
Heres my cycling idea:
1. Set up tank, filter, live rocks and heater.
2. add tetra safestart plus.
3. add ammonia alert.
4. let everything sit for a couple of days, then test with strips.
5. if nitrate isn't zero, perform 20%/30% water change, allow to sit for a day and test again.
6. if PH levels aren't high enough, add some sort of product to get them up.
7. Allow to sit for another day.
8. perform 30% water change, fill up again and get fish!
9. test water every second day for the first week, watching the PH and the ammonia alert, if a ammonia spike is apparent, add some seachem prime.
And thats it! thanks for the help guys, im so exited for my tank!
1 male albino peacock cichlid
7 other random peacocks, unsexed
1 male yellow lab
2 female yellow labs (im still not sure wether to just get one, or two?)
1 brittlenose catfish
Heres my cycling idea:
1. Set up tank, filter, live rocks and heater.
2. add tetra safestart plus.
3. add ammonia alert.
4. let everything sit for a couple of days, then test with strips.
5. if nitrate isn't zero, perform 20%/30% water change, allow to sit for a day and test again.
6. if PH levels aren't high enough, add some sort of product to get them up.
7. Allow to sit for another day.
8. perform 30% water change, fill up again and get fish!
9. test water every second day for the first week, watching the PH and the ammonia alert, if a ammonia spike is apparent, add some seachem prime.
And thats it! thanks for the help guys, im so exited for my tank!