I know this has nothing to do with your question but I think you all will think this is pretty cool so I bought a a four-lined pim cat 17 years ago he has been in multiple tanks he is in 125 gallon just did some research recently and it says the oldest one on a record in an aquarium is 15 years
to be perfectly honest i dont "cycle" my tanks, i establish beneficial bacteria in them. to do this i like to use hardscape, and plants from an established tank, and sometimes even add a bit of bottled bacteria. aint no one got time for all this "cycling" stuff!
What really helps in a new aquarium is when you can use plants that have grown in a cycled aquarium. Beneficial bacteria live on every solid surface, including plants. When plants spent a lot of time in a cycled aquarium, they have way more bacteria on them, compared to plants that were grown above water in the nursery and only spent a few days in the shop tank. Moss is especially helpful but other plants do the job too.
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
I always use old substrate, water, and media for my new tanks. Works like a charm. I'll have to try putting some plants, tho. See if that makes the cycle faster than it is.
I’ve had to restart my aquarium, hobby from scratch four times, and this is how I did it… 1. Assemble all your hardware, run it for two days with no plants, animals, hardscape, or substrate, then do a 100% water change. This is just to ensure that everything is clean. 2. Add in hardscape, non-nutrient enriched elements like gravel but put them in a container and let them run for 5 days. 3. Buy all plants and invertebrates (snails, shrimp, crabs), put them in with your plants and Banquet Blocks and finely crushed spirulina. Run this for a month. Test, dose, and water change as needed. And tend that garden! 4. After a month your immersed plants are converted submersed, and the ‘melt’ phase is over. 5. Assemble your aquascape, add in invertebrates, wait two weeks. 6. Add in clean up crew (autos, hill-stream, etc.) wait a week. 7. Add in the center piece fish. Wait a week. 8. Add in schooling/shoaling fish. Note: If you are old enough to buy booze, the. buy the very best stock and components you can (other than the actual tank), and upsize them so when you’re ready to get a bigger tank it’s an easy transition. Your old tank is now your hospital tank.
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
Been keeping tanks 4.5 years, still have tons to learn. But i still love to learn and watch videos of things even as elementary as the nitrogen cycle cuz there is always something that stick out the 2nd time around. Frikin love this company
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 Try doing what you have been doing with Arowana, Discus and even Fancy Longfinned Goldfish. If you will be doing it with minnows, mollies, carps, ordinary goldfish sure they might survive. Try it with the more expensive fishes.
When I started I didn’t know I had to cycle my aquarium so my first fish didn’t make it, but now I have a 75 gallon aquarium it’s been cycling for months and now I have 6 blood parrots (or as Cory calls them derp fish) and six zebra danios🎉
to cycle my 210 gallon tank I used the seachem stability, prime, and plants for 1 month. I then added two corys, 4 otocinlus, and 6 blackskirt tetras. I watched the video from cory on the nitrogen cycle which also helped. I fed my fish every other day with just a little bit of food. After another month I started adding more fish and more plants. I really like the water sprite. In just 3 months it grew 24" high with no co2 or fertilizer. Thanks for the video. It is really helpful.
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
Well , I mean sure you could throw fish in , but depending on the fish this dkesnt always work, and when you skip cycling, you run a higher risk of things like ick and other nasty infections, sure if you have 2 gold fish and don't care then whatever , but someone with a tank that's over 200 gallons, I imagine they take the hobby a little more serious. Holy hell by the way, that's over 2000 pounds of water good lord
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 When I take an animal into my care, I want to give it the best conditions I can so the animal can thrive, rather than merely exist.
Honestly thank you so much iv just started at pet store and they made me the fish person with little to no knowledge! So now iv needed to do my own homework with no help and iv been trying so hard to find a video that dosent fuzz my brain out and yours has Honestly helped me so much you explained everything so well!! Thank you, thank you, thank you about to watch a lot more of your videos need to learn!
Thanks a lot for providing an idea to cycle a new tank with used parts. I have a pond but didn't know about fish cycling. After moving old intake sponge and some plants from our pond to our tank, it took a week for nitrate readings to appear along with 0 ammonia and nitrite. I wouldn't have the patience to wait for weeks or months when I knew our two small black moors can't live well with our comet goldfishes. Now they're happy in our tank.
If you are doing fishless cycling, specifically if you are adding ammonia: you need to make sure you watch your ph like a hawk. If it goes down below 7, then it will basically shut down the nitrification process. Thankfully the solution is rather simple, just add baking soda. How much will depend on your particular water chemistry so I suggest putting in a bit (like a quarter of a teaspoon) then retest ph and see if it moves. Then add more depending on how much your ph moved, hopefully towards 7.4 but def less than 8.5. All of this assumes that y out are going fishless cycling using ammonia. For example, I have to add about two to three tablespoons to increase my ph whenever it goes down below 7 ph. The other good news is that you don’t have to obsess about checking your tank every hour. It’s totally okay if your ph goes down below the threshold, the cycling will simply start up again where it was once you correct the problem so you’re not going to be starting from scratch even if you miss it going down the danger zone. In actuality, nitrifaction actually stops at around ph 6.8 to 6.5 ish, but 7 is a good cut off point to give you some leeway. i suspect that this is main reason why some of the peeps doing fishless cycling with ammonia seems like they are stuck.
The upper threshold should be 8.5 or so. But from what I’ve read, baking soda can only raise your ph so much, even if you add the whole cartoon or something. I’m not a chemist though!
You can also use potting soil from plants/aquatic plants, compost, or rich garden soil to seed your cycle. Pond mud can also work. You probably will have better success of getting live bacteria vs bacteria in a bottle which don’t work. Most if not all the bacteria are basically all dead by the time you open one up. Remember that these microbes need oxygen. They won’t get that inside a sealed bottle unless they are prepared a certain way.
@@kauhalephinfan2304 I think humans have just learned it’s not as easy as pouring water and adding fish. We’re growing, I think it’s a good thing that there’s an inclination to do things correctly and slowly
2 years ago i ask my local exotic fish store if i can have a old dirty media bag and they looked at me like i was crazy lol but they still gave it to me when i told him i was desperate to cycle my tank after a month of failing lol it definitely helped lol
Uuuuggghhh. This is the most helpful thing I've watched so far in this hobby and I wish I would've seen it before I jumped the gun and lost my first betta. Have a load of aquarium co-op plants and stuff coming in to help the cycle in my 2nd attempt at my first tank.
My advice to all new beginners: buy the test strips. I know they are expensive; just do it. If you don't ever want a new fish that's being introduced to die buy the strips. I buy the Tetra 6 in 1 & the ammonia strips in a kit! It's around $18.99 but you get 25 strips of each.
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
omg!!! I just recently got my first fish and the lady at the pet store said I didn't need them because I just got a betta, It was so frustrating but I just had to give up asking her for some now I'm gonna have to pay for shipping as well
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 you really spamming this comment, copy and pasting it in every positive comment? Get a life man. Go outside and touch some grass.
Bro, you legit explained everything so perfectly. I did not know what nitrogen compounds did in the aquarium and just understood it all perfectly here. So ammonia is highly toxic and is converted into a less toxic version which could be either nitrates or nitrites depending on the stage and bacteria or microflora present. Literally that simple. And none of these articles could just explain it as simply as you did. Love you bruh. Just thanks 🙏
And likely the microflora will also maintain a highly stable pH, dissolved oxygen and tds so long as there is a record and control of what happened when certain foods or additives are applied to the tank. Therefore consistency in feed is key. Thank you . Thank you. Thank you. So water changes maybe at the end of the week . If they are even needed after a fully established garden is set in the tank . A proper filter and water pump to house the bacteria and to provide oxygen and( its really hard to superoxygenate a tank very easy to underoxygenate. ) pH will be maintained by the micro and macro flora alongside your water source. Ec and the rest will be no issue as long as i dont add salts or high amounts of food. Genuinely it couldnt be easier but a more TEDIOUS TASK. I want to set up both a garden and a pond that will sustain themselves.
I would really appreciate if you put the links to the other videos in the description too since I can’t click on them on my mobile device. :) thanks for a great channel
the lady at my local aquarium suggested putting fish in the tank to help it's bloom and tbh I have no idea where I'm at, I don't have a test kit at home for my planted tank but it's been 4 days and everything's looking okay! Tbh I think I few a few beneficial bacteria from my plants melting? Cause there was alot of worms, tiny floating things I would see that would swim and skip around and such. I think. I'm still learning xD
You can cycle a tank with fish and plants from old establish tanks as carriers for beneficial bacteria. The danger is only if the bacteria doesn't grow fast enough to catch up with fish waste. This can be mediate if you have a low bio load (large tank, very few livestock). If you don't have a test kit, doing more frequent water changes might be good just in case there is an increasing level of ammonia, and gives the bacteria time to catch up.
I planted my first aquarium and put my betta in that night. The betta seemed to be lonely so I added 5 ghost shrimp, 6 rasboras, and 2 male fancy guppies two days later. I left for the weekend and lost a guppy (they were pretty derpy and swim nonstop against the current caused by my bubbler) Came back, did a water change and added a few doses of beneficial bacteria, and added 3 female fancy guppies and a little albino pleco. Had my water tested and it's perfect.
I have a method that I used for cycling a new tank, I set up my tank, then let it run for a few days to make sure the heater is maintaining a steady 71 degrees f, then I start with adding 1 or 2 hardy fish like platys, then everyday I test the ammonia level every day, for a few days it gets higher and higher, then after about 6 or 7 days the ammonia level drops to zero, then I know the tank is cycled. During the break in I only put 2 or 3 small flakes of food in the tank. After that I slowly add a few more fish, but never overcrowd the tank, that’s the key, and I to partial water changes every 2 weeks instead of monthly. All my fish have been living for the past 2 1/2 years now since setting up the tank.
As far as using a second sponge filter to get the next tank cycle jump started... do you have to run it? Or could it just be sitting next to the current filter that is running?
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
Do not beg other pet stores or fish stores for their filter media for beneficial bacteria they have a large amount of fish and sometimes you can get it or other diseases that can affect the fish or other species/animals in the tanks. I would just get pond water and grow it in a container with microorganisms and leaves dirt. Then use mud from outside water it and get the floating stuff out etc then pack it down and lay sand specifically pool filter black or white brown whatever color works for you. Then plant live plants in the mud with the sand over the mud. Make sure plants have access to the dirt to grow and soak up the nutrients. Add duckweeds too. Or lilys whatever you like. Add the fish. After a few days of cycling but you should have grown the jar of microorganisms for at least 2-4weeks before getting fish and tank but slowly set up tank in between getting fish and doing jar. Slowly introduce microorganisms and leaves etc with fish in over a 2 week period. It should all thrive you can feed the fish 2 flakes a day each. But no more. Everything will work out.
what test strips do you reccomend? trying to decide whats best for a buget and has all that you need. also youre doing a great job, im new to this and have really been looking forward to starting an aquarium and your way of explainng things really pulls everything together.
What do you guys think about potentially selling old sponge filters seeded with beneficial bacteria? Sadly I have no fishkeeping friends or good aquarium stores near me. Just Petco and Petsmart, and their fish tend to be really sick.
I have cycled my tank with Dr Tim's have 7 neons in my tank. I test water regularly but not getting any readings of ammonia, nitrates or nitrites I do have a java fern, Anubis and 3 moss balls but surly I should still be getting some readings my fish have been in for 13 days. Have a 90 litre tank I want to add 2 or 3 honey gouramis, 6 or 7 panda corys and maybe a single platty but I'm scared to add more fish in case somehow my readings are wrong.
PLEASE HELP. I just bought a 55gal tank & added water & did my API test my pH was around 73 & high was around 75 or so, my Ammonia was 0 ppm, my Nitrite was 0 ppm & Nitrate was 0 ppm as well but I haven't done a cycle yet. Is this ok to add fish or should I still do my Dr Tim's one & only cycle?
Hi, I have a community tank and one of my goldfish has some white fuzz on it. He keeps to the top of the tank and I don’t know how to cure him. I’ve been using pimafix for the past 2 days and some fungus tablets. Will the treatment affect my other fish also ?
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
Quick question. Im currently doing a fishless cycle in a 55g. Adding ammonium chloride to keep the ammonia up between 3-5ppm. Would it be safe to add plants? Or does ammonia hurt plants? Im dying to order some beautiful plants but a little gun shy as I dont want them dying and wasting money. Id truly appreciate your opinion. Ty
This is helpful. I have been searching to find out how to seed a new tank with no fish shop or fish friends. I do have a tiger salamander that lives in a large terrarium. She has a large bowl of water that hasn't been changed or cleaned in years. I just add water. The philodendron that lives in the terrarium has grown roots into the water container. I plan to clean it while she is hibernating and use some of the gunk to seed the tank. I also ordered a bottle of bacteria but I suspect it isn't a good alternative since most of the bacteria would be dead wouldn't they?
6:11 does anyone know who they are? I've been with them a few years ago, and currently, I am thinking about raising them again. But since I forgot how they are called, I had nothing to do with any information about them. Can anyone of you please let me know if you know who they are? 😭😭
I’ve been doing research on betta fish and a lot of articles/people have said weekly so I’m not sure for other fish/amounts of fish but perhaps weekly or bi weekly if that helps~
According to Dr. Tim Hovanec (Dr. Tim's one and only), any cloudy water isn't nitrifying bacteria, it is heterotrophic bacteria. Nitrifying bacteria reproduces too slow, so it can't take advantage of sudden swings as quickly.
So I guess great minds think alike. You use a similar method I started using as a teenager 25 years ago. Where I always have a small sponge filter as a secondary filter in my main tank. I don't put the filter into a new tank but I take it out and squeeze the "dirty" water from it into the new tank once the water in it has been dechlorinated. Ready for fish same day.
Best bet in my opinion is to condition spring (or tap[i hate tap]) water, ask a friend for semi cloudy (and i mean slightly opaque) used tank water about 1/10 of what you need at LEAST (or old cycled substrate) then after 24 hours add some bottom feeders and an algae wafer give it MAYBE a week [I’ve raised whatever I’ve wanted (freshwater) even shrimp] 4 months in no issues no casualties!😁
Substrate is my personal go to but with my first tank i had maybe 1/4 of the tank filled with his live/breed safe tank water with the rest being pure spring w no additives, this worked perfectly so i redid it with water and substrate a couple times, the most recent being the 4 month!
Got a great video idea for you. Can you cycle two identical tanks, seeding with ammonium chloride, so fishless of course. But with one tank turbo start and the other tank just let time take its course? Adding ammonium chloride (the same amount in each tank) when needed to keep the ammonia up. Would be interesting to see if fritz truly does speed up the cycling process
I thought I had my new 40gl tank cycled before I added fish, and it took a while before I got a BIG ammonia spike that killed most of my fish. Still trying to keep the survivors alive!!
I have failed as a pet owner and not done enough research before getting said pet. My tank is 1 week old, clean box water, bioactive substrate and aquarium sand, penny wart and some water grass in there. I have 12 shrimp, 2 corys and a few guppies. I see now there is a lot I missed before putting the fish in. Is there any steps I can take now to minimize the risk for my fish. I just want them to survive. Ive had 2 shrimp die so far. What should I do?
Finally 7 weeks later and I have. 25 ammonia, 25 nitrate and 1 nitrate. I dosed with prime and stability so as to not let it spike. Have I reached a full cycle now and should no longer need these chemicals?
I've never cycled my tank.. I've always put fish in the tank same day. I just put prime and stability everyday for 1 week. Never had fish died ammonia posining
@@24califrank same here , but obv you cant go wrong with this process , i just dont think its that neccasary for beginers , i just think beginers should start with a atleast two fish for the first two weeks or so it has time to establish and not throw in 4/6 and really have a issue
My tank reads almost 0 ammonia but crazy high nitrates and nitrites. Is that normal for cycling or is something going on? It's been cycling for almost 4 weeks.
😢im happy to learn about cycling the tank before i start getting fish but also sad..heres why, i have a 1000liter tank outdoors its currently just catching rain water but i see it gets green and milky and mosqitos love it..i live where malaria kills many people evey day..how would i turn this tank into a fishtank...what filters is needed and what pump and other things is needed to start a clean tank that is safe for fish and not algee and mosqitos😊
Just set up a new 55 gallon tank. Now I find out I can't put fish in for a month or more. All we have is Petco here in town. Any help is greatly appreciated
I'm currently cycling my saltwater tank with bottled bacteria and fish food. If I'm lucky, I could buy a fish or two to be my ammonia source but I'm preferring to buy the inexpensive fish so I don't start crying how I killed them later. Usually it's mollies which can be both freshwater and saltwater and when the cycle is complete, I would transition the mollies back to freshwater for safe keeping and for the next time I need to cycle.
Hi , do you have a video on changing from gravel substrate to soil and sand for an established aquarium.? And how to add fish back asap as well as cycling again 😬 my tank has been running for 2 years Many thanks from Aotearoa 🌿NZ
It's a good video, but changing water just because you see trace amounts of ammonia will hurt the cycling, and some species. Better is to add a small amount of salt, meassure the PH, and water change only if your concentration is toxic enough depending on the PH. There are charts out there. For instance, 4ppm at 8 ph is as toxic as something like 150ppm at 7 ph, and the addition of salt helps your fish uptake more oxygen and protects from burns. Ofcourse, it depends on your species, but this holds true for most of them. But an airstone during this process will only ever help.
I had grandparente drop off an axolotl for mmy 9 year old daughter who isnt wualified to manage it and they just showed up with a 55 gallon tank, water cooler and new filter, and then just tossed the poor guy in, so unfortujately the cycling has been lots of work trying to keep him safe but its going well, wish people would do more research before jumping the gun but i guess its my job now, videos like this are still greatly helpful for understanding the process ,
Never cycled new tank for a very long period of time because all i kept were hardy fish. I just do lots of partial to halft WC every now & then. Definitely not advisable for soft ones such as gold fish
I enjoy your videos and I am learning so much, thank you! Didn't you used introduce yourself as a sailor's wife? Just curious on what changed. I kind of liked that. I am married to an ex Navy guy too. :)
Great content...???? If I buy plants online from a tank that has fish & plants in it how big of a window do I have to keep the beneficial bacteria on the plant leaves??How soon does it have to go from their tank to mine ? Thanks
I'm setting up an Oscar tank so plants r definitely not an option for it as the Oscars will definitely uproot the plants. So what would be the quickest way for me?
I'm still all so lost. I've just received my first ever 5 Gallon tank. It's for a single betta male, which I haven't purchased yet. It's a basic tank at the moment because money is tight. It just has a betta hammock and cave hide for now. Will be buying some silk plants and marimo moss balls when I have the money. I've put some fish food and left over mushroom scraps in the tank for a fish less cycle. Now I'm lost as some people are saying fish in is better. Others are saying fish in is cruel. Help?!??!
We went to a fair and we won 3 goldfish. We didn't know anything about fishes except that they needed water so now the water is really dirty because the fish tank is small and we never knew you had to cycle a tank. Now they are getting weak and fragile. Can you guys send tips. Deeply Appreciated
I'm a beginner myself and hopefully did enough reading about goldfishes, so take my advice as a grain of salt: 1) you need bigger tank at least 40 gallons (usual rule is 20 gallon for one fish then +10 gallons for every fish). 2) like this video suggested, try to get used filter and plants from other tank/pond, this can help a lot. 3) you may need to do water changes daily to keep ammonia and nitrite down. Test kits can help determine when to do water change. 4) even then your fish may or may not live until your tank is fully cycled.
A layer of garden soil and the tank cycles alot faster.And you don't have to buy any products. All the bacteria you need is in the soil and will colonize the tank.Simple and cheap!
Moved my sons Betta from a 1.5 Gal to a new 5 gal tank, used beneficial bacteria but forgot to let the tank cycle before xfering over his betta (I put him in a bag of his old tanks water and let him sit in new tank til he swam out). Will he be ok? He seems just fine and liking the extra room
my secert stock tank full my plants and good substrate. dump a full bottle of bateria starter that has both bateria then have a secound bottle to dose every week.add fertiliser .my tank was 0 on everything and plant was growing crasy.
There is more inaccurate or at the least incomplete information available online now than good. I hate giving advice, because it is so dependent on so many unspoken variables. For a new, first time owner... I suggest buying a tank, set it up, fill it with water and use PRIME & STABILITY for the first two weeks as directed. Start with a small number of fish, and then add over time. 20% water changes weekly using PRIME. You will be successful. You can add your fish day one.
Something to add: In the event you can't even get bacteria in a bottle take some soil from the garden or an old pot plant. River sediment is bad because you can get life that you don't want in your tank (like ostracods) but many bacteria that live in general soil will happily live under water as well, but the larger organisms in said soil will not. 1 tablespoon of dirt mixed with the substrate is probably worse then bottled bacteria but it's still better then nothing.
....sometimes I add bacteria in a bottle...... That's a waste of money and a noobie move. Used filter media, used water from an established tank, etc....those are right moves. The bacteria in a bottle - just a waste of money. And if you do not have access to used filter media or an established tank it will just take a longer time to cycle. Often just a few days more.
Do you have any sources for your stance on bacteria in a bottle being a waste of time and $$$$? I have been looking at this stuff but so many opinions on it.
i failed terribly at doing a fish-in-cycle. i was warned that any ammounts of ammonia, even 0.1 ppm could cause the death of a fish, and I did not listen. My fish got ammonia poisoning and died in minutes before I could even do something about it. The guilt is overwhelming me.
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*What's your favorite way of cycling an aquarium?*
I know this has nothing to do with your question but I think you all will think this is pretty cool so I bought a a four-lined pim cat 17 years ago he has been in multiple tanks he is in 125 gallon just did some research recently and it says the oldest one on a record in an aquarium is 15 years
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to be perfectly honest i dont "cycle" my tanks, i establish beneficial bacteria in them. to do this i like to use hardscape, and plants from an established tank, and sometimes even add a bit of bottled bacteria. aint no one got time for all this "cycling" stuff!
Adding goopy filtration sounds great, begging my friends for that sweet sweet goop xD
What I learned from owning these pets is PATIENCE IS EVERYTHING
Yeah.. we’ve had 6 glo fish die in 2 days cause my Parents don’t know how to cycle cycling is the most critical part..
Its the same for tarantulas to
I had a whole 10 fish community die because i didn’t cycle first. Huge mistake :) but learned from it thats for sure
What I have learnt is that keeping fishes is not for me
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What really helps in a new aquarium is when you can use plants that have grown in a cycled aquarium. Beneficial bacteria live on every solid surface, including plants. When plants spent a lot of time in a cycled aquarium, they have way more bacteria on them, compared to plants that were grown above water in the nursery and only spent a few days in the shop tank.
Moss is especially helpful but other plants do the job too.
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
I always use old substrate, water, and media for my new tanks. Works like a charm. I'll have to try putting some plants, tho. See if that makes the cycle faster than it is.
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 Key word they **survived**. There's no reason to needlessly torture your fish.
I’ve had to restart my aquarium, hobby from scratch four times, and this is how I did it…
1. Assemble all your hardware, run it for two days with no plants, animals, hardscape, or substrate, then do a 100% water change. This is just to ensure that everything is clean.
2. Add in hardscape, non-nutrient enriched elements like gravel but put them in a container and let them run for 5 days.
3. Buy all plants and invertebrates (snails, shrimp, crabs), put them in with your plants and Banquet Blocks and finely crushed spirulina. Run this for a month. Test, dose, and water change as needed. And tend that garden!
4. After a month your immersed plants are converted submersed, and the ‘melt’ phase is over.
5. Assemble your aquascape, add in invertebrates, wait two weeks.
6. Add in clean up crew (autos, hill-stream, etc.) wait a week.
7. Add in the center piece fish. Wait a week.
8. Add in schooling/shoaling fish.
Note: If you are old enough to buy booze, the. buy the very best stock and components you can (other than the actual tank), and upsize them so when you’re ready to get a bigger tank it’s an easy transition. Your old tank is now your hospital tank.
Always great to see Irene in videos! You have a great talent for explaining concepts in a way that accessible to new fish keepers.
Awww thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it. 😊
@@GirlTalksFish gamers wife is great at fish videos! 🔥🔥👌🥰🐶
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
Irene!! lets go!
Been keeping tanks 4.5 years, still have tons to learn. But i still love to learn and watch videos of things even as elementary as the nitrogen cycle cuz there is always something that stick out the 2nd time around. Frikin love this company
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 Try doing what you have been doing with Arowana, Discus and even Fancy Longfinned Goldfish. If you will be doing it with minnows, mollies, carps, ordinary goldfish sure they might survive. Try it with the more expensive fishes.
When I started I didn’t know I had to cycle my aquarium so my first fish didn’t make it, but now I have a 75 gallon aquarium it’s been cycling for months and now I have 6 blood parrots (or as Cory calls them derp fish) and six zebra danios🎉
Shouldn't have them blood parrots together like that
Who tf is Cory
to cycle my 210 gallon tank I used the seachem stability, prime, and plants for 1 month. I then added two corys, 4 otocinlus, and 6 blackskirt tetras. I watched the video from cory on the nitrogen cycle which also helped. I fed my fish every other day with just a little bit of food. After another month I started adding more fish and more plants.
I really like the water sprite. In just 3 months it grew 24" high with no co2 or fertilizer.
Thanks for the video. It is really helpful.
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
Well , I mean sure you could throw fish in , but depending on the fish this dkesnt always work, and when you skip cycling, you run a higher risk of things like ick and other nasty infections, sure if you have 2 gold fish and don't care then whatever , but someone with a tank that's over 200 gallons, I imagine they take the hobby a little more serious.
Holy hell by the way, that's over 2000 pounds of water good lord
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 you were just spamming this everywhere huh?
Thank you
Helpful video for this newb who is procrastinating about setting up his first aquarium!
You can do it!
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143
When I take an animal into my care, I want to give it the best conditions I can so the animal can thrive, rather than merely exist.
Honestly thank you so much iv just started at pet store and they made me the fish person with little to no knowledge! So now iv needed to do my own homework with no help and iv been trying so hard to find a video that dosent fuzz my brain out and yours has Honestly helped me so much you explained everything so well!! Thank you, thank you, thank you about to watch a lot more of your videos need to learn!
Thanks a lot for providing an idea to cycle a new tank with used parts. I have a pond but didn't know about fish cycling.
After moving old intake sponge and some plants from our pond to our tank, it took a week for nitrate readings to appear along with 0 ammonia and nitrite. I wouldn't have the patience to wait for weeks or months when I knew our two small black moors can't live well with our comet goldfishes. Now they're happy in our tank.
If you are doing fishless cycling, specifically if you are adding ammonia: you need to make sure you watch your ph like a hawk. If it goes down below 7, then it will basically shut down the nitrification process.
Thankfully the solution is rather simple, just add baking soda. How much will depend on your particular water chemistry so I suggest putting in a bit (like a quarter of a teaspoon) then retest ph and see if it moves. Then add more depending on how much your ph moved, hopefully towards 7.4 but def less than 8.5. All of this assumes that y out are going fishless cycling using ammonia.
For example, I have to add about two to three tablespoons to increase my ph whenever it goes down below 7 ph.
The other good news is that you don’t have to obsess about checking your tank every hour. It’s totally okay if your ph goes down below the threshold, the cycling will simply start up again where it was once you correct the problem so you’re not going to be starting from scratch even if you miss it going down the danger zone.
In actuality, nitrifaction actually stops at around ph 6.8 to 6.5 ish, but 7 is a good cut off point to give you some leeway.
i suspect that this is main reason why some of the peeps doing fishless cycling with ammonia seems like they are stuck.
The upper threshold should be 8.5 or so. But from what I’ve read, baking soda can only raise your ph so much, even if you add the whole cartoon or something. I’m not a chemist though!
You can also use potting soil from plants/aquatic plants, compost, or rich garden soil to seed your cycle. Pond mud can also work. You probably will have better success of getting live bacteria vs bacteria in a bottle which don’t work. Most if not all the bacteria are basically all dead by the time you open one up. Remember that these microbes need oxygen. They won’t get that inside a sealed bottle unless they are prepared a certain way.
When did aquariums become so complicated??? I appreciate the video
It's just mimicking what happens in nature
And stabilizing it
It doesn't happen overnight!
@@kauhalephinfan2304 I think humans have just learned it’s not as easy as pouring water and adding fish. We’re growing, I think it’s a good thing that there’s an inclination to do things correctly and slowly
everyone pay attention please!!!! this women has made my life so easy, i havent had a bloom or spike in a long long time cause of her tips
2 years ago i ask my local exotic fish store if i can have a old dirty media bag and they looked at me like i was crazy lol but they still gave it to me when i told him i was desperate to cycle my tank after a month of failing lol it definitely helped lol
Uuuuggghhh. This is the most helpful thing I've watched so far in this hobby and I wish I would've seen it before I jumped the gun and lost my first betta. Have a load of aquarium co-op plants and stuff coming in to help the cycle in my 2nd attempt at my first tank.
My advice to all new beginners: buy the test strips. I know they are expensive; just do it. If you don't ever want a new fish that's being introduced to die buy the strips. I buy the Tetra 6 in 1 & the ammonia strips in a kit! It's around $18.99 but you get 25 strips of each.
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
omg!!! I just recently got my first fish and the lady at the pet store said I didn't need them because I just got a betta, It was so frustrating but I just had to give up asking her for some now I'm gonna have to pay for shipping as well
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 you really spamming this comment, copy and pasting it in every positive comment? Get a life man. Go outside and touch some grass.
A cool trick I learned from coop also is get some scissors and cut them in half. Double your tests!
I didn't even know that Irene is collaborating with aquarium co-op! Good to see you!
Bro, you legit explained everything so perfectly. I did not know what nitrogen compounds did in the aquarium and just understood it all perfectly here. So ammonia is highly toxic and is converted into a less toxic version which could be either nitrates or nitrites depending on the stage and bacteria or microflora present. Literally that simple. And none of these articles could just explain it as simply as you did. Love you bruh. Just thanks 🙏
And likely the microflora will also maintain a highly stable pH, dissolved oxygen and tds so long as there is a record and control of what happened when certain foods or additives are applied to the tank. Therefore consistency in feed is key. Thank you . Thank you. Thank you. So water changes maybe at the end of the week . If they are even needed after a fully established garden is set in the tank . A proper filter and water pump to house the bacteria and to provide oxygen and( its really hard to superoxygenate a tank very easy to underoxygenate. ) pH will be maintained by the micro and macro flora alongside your water source. Ec and the rest will be no issue as long as i dont add salts or high amounts of food. Genuinely it couldnt be easier but a more TEDIOUS TASK. I want to set up both a garden and a pond that will sustain themselves.
I would really appreciate if you put the links to the other videos in the description too since I can’t click on them on my mobile device. :) thanks for a great channel
Great video, Irene! 😊
@2:40 Basically me when I talk about nitrogen cycling to my friends...
Wait.... What friends....🤣🤣🤣
the lady at my local aquarium suggested putting fish in the tank to help it's bloom and tbh I have no idea where I'm at, I don't have a test kit at home for my planted tank but it's been 4 days and everything's looking okay! Tbh I think I few a few beneficial bacteria from my plants melting? Cause there was alot of worms, tiny floating things I would see that would swim and skip around and such. I think. I'm still learning xD
You can cycle a tank with fish and plants from old establish tanks as carriers for beneficial bacteria. The danger is only if the bacteria doesn't grow fast enough to catch up with fish waste. This can be mediate if you have a low bio load (large tank, very few livestock). If you don't have a test kit, doing more frequent water changes might be good just in case there is an increasing level of ammonia, and gives the bacteria time to catch up.
I planted my first aquarium and put my betta in that night. The betta seemed to be lonely so I added 5 ghost shrimp, 6 rasboras, and 2 male fancy guppies two days later.
I left for the weekend and lost a guppy (they were pretty derpy and swim nonstop against the current caused by my bubbler)
Came back, did a water change and added a few doses of beneficial bacteria, and added 3 female fancy guppies and a little albino pleco.
Had my water tested and it's perfect.
I have a method that I used for cycling a new tank, I set up my tank, then let it run for a few days to make sure the heater is maintaining a steady 71 degrees f, then I start with adding 1 or 2 hardy fish like platys, then everyday I test the ammonia level every day, for a few days it gets higher and higher, then after about 6 or 7 days the ammonia level drops to zero, then I know the tank is cycled. During the break in I only put 2 or 3 small flakes of food in the tank. After that I slowly add a few more fish, but never overcrowd the tank, that’s the key, and I to partial water changes every 2 weeks instead of monthly. All my fish have been living for the past 2 1/2 years now since setting up the tank.
As far as using a second sponge filter to get the next tank cycle jump started... do you have to run it? Or could it just be sitting next to the current filter that is running?
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
Thank you Irene. Great advice/video.👍👍
Thank you for this wonderful video for the very beginners and for us adults who still love to learn!
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
loved the one clip of Cory sitting in a chair talking to no one LOL 2:42
Live plants make for the best filtration system!
Do not beg other pet stores or fish stores for their filter media for beneficial bacteria they have a large amount of fish and sometimes you can get it or other diseases that can affect the fish or other species/animals in the tanks. I would just get pond water and grow it in a container with microorganisms and leaves dirt. Then use mud from outside water it and get the floating stuff out etc then pack it down and lay sand specifically pool filter black or white brown whatever color works for you. Then plant live plants in the mud with the sand over the mud. Make sure plants have access to the dirt to grow and soak up the nutrients. Add duckweeds too. Or lilys whatever you like. Add the fish. After a few days of cycling but you should have grown the jar of microorganisms for at least 2-4weeks before getting fish and tank but slowly set up tank in between getting fish and doing jar. Slowly introduce microorganisms and leaves etc with fish in over a 2 week period. It should all thrive you can feed the fish 2 flakes a day each. But no more. Everything will work out.
Really helpful video ❤
what test strips do you reccomend? trying to decide whats best for a buget and has all that you need. also youre doing a great job, im new to this and have really been looking forward to starting an aquarium and your way of explainng things really pulls everything together.
What is the fish 34 seconds into the video that has the orange/red and black fins ?
Thanks Irene 😌
What do you guys think about potentially selling old sponge filters seeded with beneficial bacteria? Sadly I have no fishkeeping friends or good aquarium stores near me. Just Petco and Petsmart, and their fish tend to be really sick.
Thanks for the info!! One question, can this be applied to my 2 gallon filterless aquarium?
when having a old tank do i have to do to cycle?
I have cycled my tank with Dr Tim's have 7 neons in my tank. I test water regularly but not getting any readings of ammonia, nitrates or nitrites I do have a java fern, Anubis and 3 moss balls but surly I should still be getting some readings my fish have been in for 13 days. Have a 90 litre tank I want to add 2 or 3 honey gouramis, 6 or 7 panda corys and maybe a single platty but I'm scared to add more fish in case somehow my readings are wrong.
Will this work if you have a tank that has been sitting dry and you want to restart it? Do you still need media from another tank?
good videos guys.
PLEASE HELP. I just bought a 55gal tank & added water & did my API test my pH was around 73 & high was around 75 or so, my Ammonia was 0 ppm, my Nitrite was 0 ppm & Nitrate was 0 ppm as well but I haven't done a cycle yet. Is this ok to add fish or should I still do my Dr Tim's one & only cycle?
They have gravel in a bag at Petco any good? I used to just kill store bought guppies the fry always took off to set up my last bunch of tanks.
Hi, I have a community tank and one of my goldfish has some white fuzz on it. He keeps to the top of the tank and I don’t know how to cure him. I’ve been using pimafix for the past 2 days and some fungus tablets. Will the treatment affect my other fish also ?
What substrate is that? Looks really nice and can it be used for bottom dwelling fish?
Honestly, it's hilarious that you folks cycle freshwater tanks. I wouldn't even know the first thing to how to do this, but this is absolutel OVERKILL. Freshwater fish can survive through practically anything. When I started back in 2021, I put some fish in a bowl with no oxygen and they survived. Since then, I've learned so many different things, but still, with freshwater, I literally get a filter for oxygen, put the fish in and have some plants. They have never died. Cycling a tank if you have a planted tank, I guess....yes, but if you just have some guppies, two water plants, some oxygen, and you're good.
Quick question. Im currently doing a fishless cycle in a 55g. Adding ammonium chloride to keep the ammonia up between 3-5ppm. Would it be safe to add plants? Or does ammonia hurt plants? Im dying to order some beautiful plants but a little gun shy as I dont want them dying and wasting money. Id truly appreciate your opinion. Ty
This is helpful. I have been searching to find out how to seed a new tank with no fish shop or fish friends. I do have a tiger salamander that lives in a large terrarium. She has a large bowl of water that hasn't been changed or cleaned in years. I just add water. The philodendron that lives in the terrarium has grown roots into the water container. I plan to clean it while she is hibernating and use some of the gunk to seed the tank. I also ordered a bottle of bacteria but I suspect it isn't a good alternative since most of the bacteria would be dead wouldn't they?
6:11 does anyone know who they are? I've been with them a few years ago, and currently, I am thinking about raising them again. But since I forgot how they are called, I had nothing to do with any information about them. Can anyone of you please let me know if you know who they are? 😭😭
Kuhli loaches. They're awesome and fun to have. Good luck!
You guys don't ship fish? I found the store and the site listed doesn't show fish.
How often should we test the water with the strips for unwantes bacteria?
I’ve been doing research on betta fish and a lot of articles/people have said weekly so I’m not sure for other fish/amounts of fish but perhaps weekly or bi weekly if that helps~
According to Dr. Tim Hovanec (Dr. Tim's one and only), any cloudy water isn't nitrifying bacteria, it is heterotrophic bacteria. Nitrifying bacteria reproduces too slow, so it can't take advantage of sudden swings as quickly.
So I guess great minds think alike.
You use a similar method I started using as a teenager 25 years ago. Where I always have a small sponge filter as a secondary filter in my main tank. I don't put the filter into a new tank but I take it out and squeeze the "dirty" water from it into the new tank once the water in it has been dechlorinated.
Ready for fish same day.
Best bet in my opinion is to condition spring (or tap[i hate tap]) water, ask a friend for semi cloudy (and i mean slightly opaque) used tank water about 1/10 of what you need at LEAST (or old cycled substrate) then after 24 hours add some bottom feeders and an algae wafer give it MAYBE a week [I’ve raised whatever I’ve wanted (freshwater) even shrimp] 4 months in no issues no casualties!😁
Substrate is my personal go to but with my first tank i had maybe 1/4 of the tank filled with his live/breed safe tank water with the rest being pure spring w no additives, this worked perfectly so i redid it with water and substrate a couple times, the most recent being the 4 month!
Just enough water to cover the substrate (usually translucent or opaque)
Got a great video idea for you. Can you cycle two identical tanks, seeding with ammonium chloride, so fishless of course. But with one tank turbo start and the other tank just let time take its course? Adding ammonium chloride (the same amount in each tank) when needed to keep the ammonia up. Would be interesting to see if fritz truly does speed up the cycling process
Does this mean I can add plants into a new tank on the first day? A few sources are saying to wait 4-8 weeks before adding plants
question, how many kg of ceramic do you need for every ten liters of water in the aquarium
What should water perimeters look like when you add plants?
I thought I had my new 40gl tank cycled before I added fish, and it took a while before I got a BIG ammonia spike that killed most of my fish. Still trying to keep the survivors alive!!
I’m going to get a betta, you said that when it’s cycled “add a few fish” so... what if I have just one fish? do I go ahead and add him?
I have failed as a pet owner and not done enough research before getting said pet. My tank is 1 week old, clean box water, bioactive substrate and aquarium sand, penny wart and some water grass in there. I have 12 shrimp, 2 corys and a few guppies. I see now there is a lot I missed before putting the fish in. Is there any steps I can take now to minimize the risk for my fish. I just want them to survive. Ive had 2 shrimp die so far. What should I do?
Nice info
Finally 7 weeks later and I have. 25 ammonia, 25 nitrate and 1 nitrate. I dosed with prime and stability so as to not let it spike. Have I reached a full cycle now and should no longer need these chemicals?
My tank has live plants tannins and plenty of beneficial bacteria so why do I have no NO2 and NO3
where can I get floating water sprite
I've never cycled my tank.. I've always put fish in the tank same day. I just put prime and stability everyday for 1 week. Never had fish died ammonia posining
@@24califrank same here , but obv you cant go wrong with this process , i just dont think its that neccasary for beginers , i just think beginers should start with a atleast two fish for the first two weeks or so it has time to establish and not throw in 4/6 and really have a issue
Would be very appreciated if somebody could tell me where to put the fish when doing fishless cycling. 🙏
My tank reads almost 0 ammonia but crazy high nitrates and nitrites. Is that normal for cycling or is something going on? It's been cycling for almost 4 weeks.
😢im happy to learn about cycling the tank before i start getting fish but also sad..heres why, i have a 1000liter tank outdoors its currently just catching rain water but i see it gets green and milky and mosqitos love it..i live where malaria kills many people evey day..how would i turn this tank into a fishtank...what filters is needed and what pump and other things is needed to start a clean tank that is safe for fish and not algee and mosqitos😊
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Just set up a new 55 gallon tank. Now I find out I can't put fish in for a month or more. All we have is Petco here in town. Any help is greatly appreciated
hey paul, any update? hope ur tank is nice now
How long do i wait to add fish after adding bacteria?
I'm a beginner, i have 2 goldfish... Can i add nitrifying bact directly in water? I dont have a filter
Foe the putting fish food step one.. how much fish food do you put in a fishless cycling to start?
I'm currently cycling my saltwater tank with bottled bacteria and fish food. If I'm lucky, I could buy a fish or two to be my ammonia source but I'm preferring to buy the inexpensive fish so I don't start crying how I killed them later. Usually it's mollies which can be both freshwater and saltwater and when the cycle is complete, I would transition the mollies back to freshwater for safe keeping and for the next time I need to cycle.
Hi , do you have a video on changing from gravel substrate to soil and sand for an established aquarium.? And how to add fish back asap as well as cycling again 😬 my tank has been running for 2 years
Many thanks from Aotearoa 🌿NZ
It's a good video, but changing water just because you see trace amounts of ammonia will hurt the cycling, and some species. Better is to add a small amount of salt, meassure the PH, and water change only if your concentration is toxic enough depending on the PH. There are charts out there. For instance, 4ppm at 8 ph is as toxic as something like 150ppm at 7 ph, and the addition of salt helps your fish uptake more oxygen and protects from burns.
Ofcourse, it depends on your species, but this holds true for most of them. But an airstone during this process will only ever help.
I had grandparente drop off an axolotl for mmy 9 year old daughter who isnt wualified to manage it and they just showed up with a 55 gallon tank, water cooler and new filter, and then just tossed the poor guy in, so unfortujately the cycling has been lots of work trying to keep him safe but its going well, wish people would do more research before jumping the gun but i guess its my job now, videos like this are still greatly helpful for understanding the process ,
Never cycled new tank for a very long period of time because all i kept were hardy fish. I just do lots of partial to halft WC every now & then. Definitely not advisable for soft ones such as gold fish
another thing i went to the river for my first set up , took about 5 gallons of their water , and some substrate , throw some aquasand over it
Irene is good girl! 🥰🐶
I enjoy your videos and I am learning so much, thank you! Didn't you used introduce yourself as a sailor's wife? Just curious on what changed. I kind of liked that. I am married to an ex Navy guy too. :)
Dope content
alright ill come back in a month lmao
Great content...???? If I buy plants online from a tank that has fish & plants in it how big of a window do I have to keep the beneficial bacteria on the plant leaves??How soon does it have to go from their tank to mine ? Thanks
It’s the rock wool in the pot that’ll hold the bacteria for weeks.
I'm setting up an Oscar tank so plants r definitely not an option for it as the Oscars will definitely uproot the plants. So what would be the quickest way for me?
I just rescape my tank, the nitrite spikes😢, but the fishes look ok, what should I do?
1:20 ish is when the different cycle method suggestions begin
I was going to use my established tank for bb, but they got freaking sick 🙄🙄🙄🙄
I'm still all so lost. I've just received my first ever 5 Gallon tank. It's for a single betta male, which I haven't purchased yet. It's a basic tank at the moment because money is tight. It just has a betta hammock and cave hide for now. Will be buying some silk plants and marimo moss balls when I have the money. I've put some fish food and left over mushroom scraps in the tank for a fish less cycle. Now I'm lost as some people are saying fish in is better. Others are saying fish in is cruel. Help?!??!
We went to a fair and we won 3 goldfish. We didn't know anything about fishes except that they needed water so now the water is really dirty because the fish tank is small and we never knew you had to cycle a tank. Now they are getting weak and fragile. Can you guys send tips. Deeply Appreciated
I'm a beginner myself and hopefully did enough reading about goldfishes, so take my advice as a grain of salt:
1) you need bigger tank at least 40 gallons (usual rule is 20 gallon for one fish then +10 gallons for every fish).
2) like this video suggested, try to get used filter and plants from other tank/pond, this can help a lot.
3) you may need to do water changes daily to keep ammonia and nitrite down. Test kits can help determine when to do water change.
4) even then your fish may or may not live until your tank is fully cycled.
A layer of garden soil and the tank cycles alot faster.And you don't have to buy any products.
All the bacteria you need is in the soil and will colonize the tank.Simple and cheap!
The first tank is the hardest second tank is just throw in excess "pest/friend" snails and guppy fry with plants. And wait a week
Moved my sons Betta from a 1.5 Gal to a new 5 gal tank, used beneficial bacteria but forgot to let the tank cycle before xfering over his betta (I put him in a bag of his old tanks water and let him sit in new tank til he swam out). Will he be ok? He seems just fine and liking the extra room
Omg you sound so much like Terri Irwin! 😮 lol ty for the great video!
my secert stock tank full my plants and good substrate. dump a full bottle of bateria starter that has both bateria then have a secound bottle to dose every week.add fertiliser .my tank was 0 on everything and plant was growing crasy.
There is more inaccurate or at the least incomplete information available online now than good. I hate giving advice, because it is so dependent on so many unspoken variables. For a new, first time owner... I suggest buying a tank, set it up, fill it with water and use PRIME & STABILITY for the first two weeks as directed. Start with a small number of fish, and then add over time. 20% water changes weekly using PRIME. You will be successful. You can add your fish day one.
Something to add:
In the event you can't even get bacteria in a bottle take some soil from the garden or an old pot plant.
River sediment is bad because you can get life that you don't want in your tank (like ostracods) but many bacteria that live in general soil will happily live under water as well, but the larger organisms in said soil will not.
1 tablespoon of dirt mixed with the substrate is probably worse then bottled bacteria but it's still better then nothing.
....sometimes I add bacteria in a bottle......
That's a waste of money and a noobie move. Used filter media, used water from an established tank, etc....those are right moves.
The bacteria in a bottle - just a waste of money. And if you do not have access to used filter media or an established tank it will just take a longer time to cycle. Often just a few days more.
Do you have any sources for your stance on bacteria in a bottle being a waste of time and $$$$? I have been looking at this stuff but so many opinions on it.
i failed terribly at doing a fish-in-cycle. i was warned that any ammounts of ammonia, even 0.1 ppm could cause the death of a fish, and I did not listen. My fish got ammonia poisoning and died in minutes before I could even do something about it. The guilt is overwhelming me.
I Do light plants. I wouldn't want a fish to die hiden in plants and huge ammonia spike