Hello! I have a little problem i hope someone out there can help me with. For christmas my boyfriend got me a 10 gallon tank. I set it up and put fish in it. Now, after i already bought fish and put them in he tells me not to put fish in cause the water needs to cycle. Ok, so i have been reading stuff on this fourm to try to help me cycle faster but i am still unsure what to do. I have a 10 gallon with 1 male guppy, 2 female guppys, 2 sunburst platies (1 male 1 female), 2 gold barbs that i believe are both males 2 black skirt tetra which i think are males also but im not too sure and a snail. And i have a 5 gallon set up with 4 baby guppys that one of my females had the day i got her and she died while birthing them so as far as i know she only had 4 unless the other fish ate the others and a pleco is in the 5 gallon that i cant get out cause he hides in the filter (I put him accidently, i didnt know that a 5 gallon was too small for a pleco), so i have to wait til it comes out to switch him to the 10 gallon and the snail will go to the 5 gallon. I do water changes every day to try to keep the levels down but i heard it makes the cycle go slower. My question is what can i put in the tank to make the cycle go faster so i dont lose any fish. I currently use AmQuel+ for the
ammonia but i still have high ammonia readings so i dont know if its taking the ammonia away so the nitrites and nitrates cant form in the filter, I also but some plants and some gravel from another tank that had been set up for a while in my tank to help the cycle but it doesnt seem like its doing the trick. If there is something else i sure be doing to get the cycle moving along quicker please let me know!!!
