suddenlyaddicted
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My sons were given some fish for their birthday...and yes I made the mistake of thinking that fish were easy to take care of, until I started searching on the net.
I'm just wondering about the time for cycling. The tank was set up 11 days ago and let run for 24 hours (according to the pet stores directions) So the fish have been in for 10 days and I have lost both mollies so far. One three days ago and one two days ago. The other three fish seem to be doing well so far.
Ammonia has been between .50 and 1.0 daily for several days now and I have been doing daily water changes to keep it down. The ph is always at 7.0.
Shouldn't the nitrites start to go up soon? Are the daily water changes going to slow the process down? I've read about the Bio-spira and thinking about getting some this weekend, but don't want the levels to spike to quickly and kill the rest of the fish. Which is worse a long cycle or getting it over quickly even with the sudden spikes as far as the fish are concerned?
I'm just wondering about the time for cycling. The tank was set up 11 days ago and let run for 24 hours (according to the pet stores directions) So the fish have been in for 10 days and I have lost both mollies so far. One three days ago and one two days ago. The other three fish seem to be doing well so far.
Ammonia has been between .50 and 1.0 daily for several days now and I have been doing daily water changes to keep it down. The ph is always at 7.0.
Shouldn't the nitrites start to go up soon? Are the daily water changes going to slow the process down? I've read about the Bio-spira and thinking about getting some this weekend, but don't want the levels to spike to quickly and kill the rest of the fish. Which is worse a long cycle or getting it over quickly even with the sudden spikes as far as the fish are concerned?