cycling takes more than 1 day...

[paOol]

i got my tank yesterday, filled it with hose water and setup the filter/heater. i set the temperature to around 80 because i read that if you set a warmer temperature it will cycle better.

Today, i went to a fish store and got 10 feeder fish. when i got home, i put them in my tank (i did nothing to the water since yesterday), and they were fine. a few hours later, i went to check on them, and they were all on the bottom, just breathing. i thought they might be sleeping, so i check again later, and 2 are stuck to the filter. o_o.

Was it the temperature that killed them or the un-cycled water? i asked the fish store owner and he was the one who recommended getting the 10 feeder fish to cycle my tank for 2-3 days.

my friend told me i needed to put in some drops of this chlorine mixture or something .

 

[Timmy]

CHLORINE WILL KILL>>>>>> Just add some big gold fish and leave the tank for about 4-6 weeks, and it will cycle

 

[paOol]

will the goldfish be able to live off the tap water? is there such thing as a fishless-fish cycle? like i will be using a formula to "cure" the water from the tap, and at the same time, use some more feeder fish. will this work?

 

[repair]

Is this thread real?

You want me to believe that you know about fishless cycle but don't know that you have to remove the chlorine from the water to be able to keep fish?

I think this guy is pulling our leg

 

[marshy]

There is the fish cycling method which takes longer (a few weeks) and the fishless cycling (a week tops)...

the fishless cycling method needs more monitoring....

 

[Cyclop3000]

Either way, you don't get away with waiting...cycling takes time, end of story. And the bigger the tank the longer it will take. A regular cycle for a 100+ gallons can take a month or two to be stable...and like Timmy says, chlorine is lethal for fish !

Bud you need to do some research on the web, there are tons of info out there.

 

[ramman]

Sounds to me like you never used a de-clorinator when you set the tank up(did you?),,,,,,anyway, if you didnt,,add some now and restock with the fish you will be using to "cycle" the tank,,,monitor levels of ammonia and nitrites to determine the progress of the cycle,,,best of luck!!

 

[kido]

proper cycling would take about a week to complete for either fishless or w/ fish cycling.. just be patient, your fish would love you for it .. and this would ensure you get the best potential of the fish you'll be keeping

 

[Timmy]

proper cycling would take about a week to complete for either fishless or w/ fish cycling.. just be patient, your fish would love you for it .. and this would ensure you get the best potential of the fish you'll be keeping

Week, more like 4-6 weeks...

 

[Hakon]

Bacteria might help cycling. The fish stores usually sell this, and filters is also full of bacterium.