Thanks fellas. Cant wait for it to run its cycle...yeah I dunno who will be more excited me or my fish! Nitrites are slowly rising day by day so it shouldnt be too long. I say that...it might still be 2 weeks or more. Once the ammonia gets down around 1-2ppm im gonna spike it again back up to 5-6ppm and let it eat. When it can consume that much ammonia and nitrite in 24 hours I should have a hellacious bio base that my entire stock shouldnt be able to come close to overloading. Better to have too much than not enough . Nitrates will be off the charts but I plan to do a 90% water change when it shows me it can eat that much ammonia and nitrite.
Hes really starting to come around. Its hard to get a shot but his anal fin spangling is starting to develop, and his body spangling is as well. Hes still a live only feeder but I dont mind. Im getting shiners for like .05 cents per so its not all that costly. 60 of them last a good week.
Im trying to get there . Im by no means finished with this tank. I keep kicking myself in the *** though because I could have had a 120x36x25 for just a little more money. At the time I ordered it, 8ft was all I had room for but the tanks location changed before it arrived and the new spot could have handled the 120in. Oh well, when I get my next house I will just make sure it will have room for the 120x48x30 so I can have Tems and Pinima!