Jendayi
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Cujo's 5 gallon tank cycled, woohoo! I think I have had that tank set up for just about 4 weeks now. Cujo came out into his hospital tank two weeks ago, and since then I have been feeding the tank flake food twice a day to keep the ammonia up. About 10 days ago I got some filter sludge from my LFS and dumped it in. A few days after that my water went crystal clear, clear as new water. Then yesterday I checked and my ammonia and nitrites were zero. I took some water into the LFS today for a second opinion, and came home with a mystery snail to celebrate!
Cujo still has a few days of his current fin rot treatment, and then he can go back into his big boy tank.
So questions, of course! Do I need to do any water changes in the cycled tank? The LFS told me the nitrates were at 10, tho it reads a little higher than that on my test kit.
There is a lot of flake food in the bottom of the tank for the snail to munch on for now. Do I need to keep adding flakes until Cujo goes back in? Will I need to add some kind of food for the snail once Cujo goes back in, since there is never any left over betta pellets?
Thanks again for all your advice...
Cujo still has a few days of his current fin rot treatment, and then he can go back into his big boy tank.
So questions, of course! Do I need to do any water changes in the cycled tank? The LFS told me the nitrates were at 10, tho it reads a little higher than that on my test kit.
There is a lot of flake food in the bottom of the tank for the snail to munch on for now. Do I need to keep adding flakes until Cujo goes back in? Will I need to add some kind of food for the snail once Cujo goes back in, since there is never any left over betta pellets?
Thanks again for all your advice...
