I am new here. It's my first post and I just want to introduce myself. My name is Rick. I am 61 years old and haven't had an aquarium for over 20 years. Things have changed a lot since my days of fish keeping. We didn't know about the nitrogen cycle then. We just bought a tank , added water and removed chorline, put some subtrate in and some fake plants and added fish immediatley. I have now a 72 gal. bow front tank and I made the same mistakes. I learned the hard way and finally talked to some people that advised me of the cycle. I now have the proper test kit and my tank is now cycled. I hope everyone here can help me with any further problems in the future. I am sure I will have some and will count on your experiences to get me through . My 7 year old grandson is actually responsible for getting me back into this hobby as he started a small 10 gal tank and peaked my interrest again. Now we are constantly talking fish 
and visiting LFS together often. Hope to get to know some of you soon.
and visiting LFS together often. Hope to get to know some of you soon.
