gwat6

The people at petsmart did not tell us about cyclin my tank. But when we went to get my bros fish they told us.Will my fish die? is there any chance of survival?

gwat6

plz reply me asap.

russ757

dear gwat what kind of fish do you have and how many?

gwat6

lol stop or i will

Lucy

If you're cycling with fish, you must do daily testing and water changes to keep the ammonia levels down.
Keep a log of your results.

Using Prime as your water conditioner will help because it neutralizes the ammonia.

Good luck.

Lucy

huh?

russ757

lucy im his bro and i was tryin to fake him out

gwat6

ya lol

Lucy

Brats


Edit: I do mean that lovingly lol

gwat6

my fish have been doing good by this afternoon if they survive, the nitrogen cycle will be over.

is 2 days enough?

Lucy

What're your readings for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates and what are you using to test?

russ757

we are gonna get our water tested this weekend(ispeak for gwat too)

gwat6

ya i was lookin at sumthin else we dont have a kit we can have petsmart do it though

Lucy

Two days isn't nearly enough time for the cycle unless you've seeded the tank with used filter material from an established tank.

Some members have had a quick cycle using Bio-Spira, but I don't have personal experience with it.

gwat6

ok iwill stop being so anxious then

Lucy

I know it's hard to wait it out. Just keep up the daily water changes, get yourself a test kit, the API is highly recommended.

First your ammonia will rise, in a few weeks you'll see the nitrite levels rise and the ammonia levels start to drop. After a few more weeks you'll see the nitrate levels rise and the nitrite levels drop.
When you having readings of 0 on both ammonia and nitrites with some nitrates showing, your cycle is done.

Good luck.

gwat6

srry my mom wont let me cycle the water

David C

If you dont want to go through the entire cycle process, you can speed it up with tetra safestart, it replaced bio-spira. I've had good results with it.

Lucy

With all respect to your mom, there's going to be ammonia in your tank from left over food and fish waste. If you don't decrease the ammonia through water changes, your fish will become seriously ill and possibly die.
I'm sorry to be so blunt.

David also had a good sugestion.

Alessa

huh?

then your fish will inevitably die.

the only solution is daily 50% water changes, and buying a test kit for monitoring water parameters.

and I think you guys should talk so that we all can understand

gwat6

srry i had to go to bed im back tho sryy again.

answer me.

lol.

Allie

Geesh your mom sounds really understanding.

gwat6

lol

Allie

That isn't necessarily true....we never lost a fish thru a cycle. I am talking back when we first got into fish keeping.

gwat6

ok

i get my cories today ill get my water tested

and maybe tetra safestart

i gtg bye u can reply tho.

Blub

If I was you, this is what I'd do:
Get a liquid test kit, the API master test is AMAZING.
Test the water and do a 50% water change (Test water before water change) every day. This isn't that hard if you have a siphon - when I accidentally stalled my filter on the 7.5gal I was doing 2 50%s a day and it was easy!
DON'T add any more fish... If anything the fish you have are bad choices and overstocked.

gwat6

hi

Alessa

Yes, neither did I, (I was sooo little...) but when a tank of his size is this overstocked chances are that the fish wont make it without the water changes, thats what I meant

Blub

The fact that the tetras are stressed without a school adds to that... If they all made it through a fish cycle they would be truly lucky fish!

gwat6

well they did yay

i do 50% water changes now