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I think you are on the right track about the cycling. I see your going the fish way and thats fine. The water changes dont hurt the cycle, because to much ammonia will kill the fish. And you have gotten the hardy fishe's for the cycle. Good job. Just keep going on the cycle and keep testing the water. You want it at 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and anywhere above 0 for nitrate, 5-10 is fine.
For the algea eater, you only have a 10 gallon tank so I wouldnt recommend a pleco. Unless you are upgrading
. I think you should wait for the bottom feeder/ algea eater because he wouldnt have any algea to feed off of since the tank is new. People can correct here if I'm wrong on this. And personnaly I'm not going to recommend any type of algea eater because I dont like giving out bad advice...hope it all works out if you have anymore questions than feel free!
Nick
I think you are on the right track about the cycling. I see your going the fish way and thats fine. The water changes dont hurt the cycle, because to much ammonia will kill the fish. And you have gotten the hardy fishe's for the cycle. Good job. Just keep going on the cycle and keep testing the water. You want it at 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and anywhere above 0 for nitrate, 5-10 is fine.
For the algea eater, you only have a 10 gallon tank so I wouldnt recommend a pleco. Unless you are upgrading
. I think you should wait for the bottom feeder/ algea eater because he wouldnt have any algea to feed off of since the tank is new. People can correct here if I'm wrong on this. And personnaly I'm not going to recommend any type of algea eater because I dont like giving out bad advice...hope it all works out if you have anymore questions than feel free!Nick
