there is no natural light in that picture its 7:30p- must be the light from the Dinning room. my lights come on at 10am with blue white goes on at 12 and off at 4 then blue turns off at 7pm
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there is no natural light in that picture its 7:30p- must be the light from the Dinning room. my lights come on at 10am with blue white goes on at 12 and off at 4 then blue turns off at 7pm
Oh ok, must’ve been a reflection, but I wouldn’t worry about that too much, the cloudiness will go away. I might try a different method of cycling tho
should i just go ahead and add the fish when they get here?
2 peacock bass and 3 clown loach
When I set up my current tank, it did not go thru any type typical cycle.
I believe the plants added on day 1, took it straight thru,
I'm surprised no has commented on this yet, but any species of P-bass gets too large for that tank.
Even if you buy 1" juvies, you will be needing a tank double to triple that size in 6 months.
The pair below maxed out a 250 gal tank, with no other fish.
And although it will take much longer the clown loaches will outgrow it too
I believe the plants added on day 1, took it straight thru,
I'm surprised no has commented on this yet, but any species of P-bass gets too large for that tank.
Even if you buy 1" juvies, you will be needing a tank double to triple that size in 6 months.
The pair below maxed out a 250 gal tank, with no other fish.
And although it will take much longer the clown loaches will outgrow it too
You do realize that a cycled tank needs to continue being fed to remain bacterially active, right? Zero readings on everything across the board indicate that nothing is going on; it sounds as though the brine shrimp was added just one time? Or am I reading that wrong? The tank will require an ongoing supply of ammonia to feed the bacteria and nurture the development of a population sufficient to process the ammonia which your fish will eventually produce. Otherwise, you're just sitting there looking at an empty tank and a bunch of zeros on your test readings. You need to feed enough to establish and nurture the bacteria, as indicated by an increasing nitrate level and zero ammonia and nitrite.
If the fish are already on their way to you, and if you don't have another established aquarium to house them, you will be walking a fine line for awhile, essentially doing a fish-in cycle using peacock bass and clown loaches! Have your test kit and water changing gear at the ready, they will be getting a workout.
Don't count on those few tiny plants to do anything for you in terms of ammonia reduction in lieu of traditional cycling. With the stocking you have planned, you would probably need 100x that much plant matter to do the job.
If the fish are already on their way to you, and if you don't have another established aquarium to house them, you will be walking a fine line for awhile, essentially doing a fish-in cycle using peacock bass and clown loaches! Have your test kit and water changing gear at the ready, they will be getting a workout.
Don't count on those few tiny plants to do anything for you in terms of ammonia reduction in lieu of traditional cycling. With the stocking you have planned, you would probably need 100x that much plant matter to do the job.
Assuming they’re tiny juvies, I would probably do that at this point. Just use a quality bottled bacteria and feed very lightly and it should be ok.
so its been about a week now that i added 3 oscar to the tank to see of i can get it cycled before adding the peacocks. peacocks are at a buddys house but man tank is starting to look awesome no more cloudyness and i finally getting some nitrate
