Fishless cycle ?

[melbfish20]

Is this all there is to a fishless cycle?

Keep adding ammonia to the tank, add in some food, have the filters running, get as much oxygen into the tank as possible ,no cleaning and keep testing the water ?

Thanks for any help

[MetalMike415]

Read this


http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aqua...ead.php?t=5640

Patience is key and follow everything you read in that link and you will do fine.

[MetalMike415]

I am doing a fishless cycle right now and everything is going great. My self I am not doing the fish food thing because I see it as a waste of food and will take much longer then if you use pure Ammonia plus when it rots it will build up Phosphates in your tank.

[Lady Hobbs]

You only need ammonia, not food. That will just dirty the filters and the substrate. Food can be used if no ammonia is available but takes longer.

[melbfish20]

all I could find today was cloudy ammonia , it says on the bottle the only active ingredient is ammonia , can this be used ?

what I might do tommorow is buy some stuff from my local fish shop that I need anyway and ask them for some substrate from one of the tanks in the shop , good idea ?

thanks for any response

[pjaldave]

Sometimes asking LFS for filter media (or gravel) is a risky method. Who knows what kind of illness and parasites your LFS has before you ask them for these things.

[imma24]

To test ammonia to see if it is pure, shake it up and if it foams then put it back. It should shake like you're shaking water - any bubbles should break immediately, otherwise there are additives in it.

[MetalMike415]

If the Ammonia bubbles up and within a few seconds disappear then it's good but if it foams up and stays that way don't use it.