Is my tank ready for a pair of pups?

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Thanks for that novaman. I did consider keeping water from my old tank, but didn't have enough water containers to keep even 20% of the new tanks capacity. So didn't bother at all. I thought seeding the canister with some old media would of worked fast.
 
Water contains almost none of the bacteria. Using old water is an old wives tale.

You can leave the peacocks in, be patient, and wait 2-3 weeks, or you can take out all the fish, find some ammonia to add to the tank, be patient and wait 2-3 weeks. Both options will get the tank cycled.
 
PeteLockwood;4135402; said:
Water contains almost none of the bacteria. Using old water is an old wives tale.

You can leave the peacocks in, be patient, and wait 2-3 weeks, or you can take out all the fish, find some ammonia to add to the tank, be patient and wait 2-3 weeks. Both options will get the tank cycled.


And what do you know of Seachem's Stability? I've heard some pretty amazing results and some not so amazing results.. I think I'm on the not so amazing results end.

Reason I'm so impatient is because the seller keeps asking me when he can deliver them because he wants them gone as he needs the tank they're in.
 
Gshock;4135455; said:
Stability works perfectly fine. It's only failing for you becuase you messed with your cycling process so many times.

Ahh fair enough. So now, just keep dosing and only water change if Ammonia or Nitrite spikes too high, and wait..
 
I commend you for listening to the experience of some members here.
So many people already have the answer in their head that they want to hear.

Best to let the tank cycle for another 2 to 3 weeks or longer if poss.
 
i went the fishless cycle method, added in a filter pad from a previous tank, piece of fish to rot and flake food to rot with it. to speed up the process i went out and bought pure ammonia (no bubbles when you shake it, no scent).

don't buy the ammonia if you have fish though, would be too much for them.
 
hereticlosmorte;4136306; said:
i went the fishless cycle method, added in a filter pad from a previous tank, piece of fish to rot and flake food to rot with it. to speed up the process i went out and bought pure ammonia (no bubbles when you shake it, no scent).

don't buy the ammonia if you have fish though, would be too much for them.

How long did it take you to cycle your tank? And what size was it, what filtration?
 
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