nearly ready!

lioness501

heres my new bargain tank all set up! gonna cycle with 6 danios, then rehome those guys, then put my livebearers in there! its not 100% finished, my bf is gonna play around with the air stone tubes and decs, its his project, the big tank is mine!!! lol

rogerlee

hi lioness nice tank keep us posted when its complete with livebearers . i went to a new store the other day and ended up spending £13.00 pound on fish which included a pair of dalmation mollys a couple of kloaches a black molly and a pure white molly. CONGRATS ON THE TANK :D

musho3210

why not do a fishless cycle?

lioness501

i could do a fishless cycle but its quicker with fish right? plus the danios im using are from a friend and shes not lookin after them properly. she has 6 in a 3 gal tank. im gonna b rehoming them afterwards. id also like a couple khuli loaches but cant find em :(

rogerlee

its a shame you live too far from me (west mids) they have tank loads just up the road from me loads of kuhli loaches

musho3210

i think fishless is easier and the same speed since you dont need to do immediate water changes and lives dont hang in the balance, there the same speed.

lioness501

thanks musho. ill remember that for the future. the danios i have in there, even tho they r cycling, r much happier and healthier than where they were living before! they used to hide under the gravel for some strange reason, now they r active and they no longer have swollen bellies! my neighbour is gonna take em on. i tested water today, ammonia= .25, nitites =0 nitrates= 20. do i just wait til ammonia is 0????i have done 2 water changes, another due later

musho3210

once ammonia and nitrite are 0 with detectable nitrates that didnt come from your tap water, then you are cycled

lioness501

i thought so, just thought id double check :)