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fleek

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  1. Hey bros, if you have been following my previous threads, a 4x2x2, I believe that equates to about 400L?

    Sorry, if I am upgrading so fast, I just want to make it so I have no hassles or nightmares of fishes dying on me. I want to give them the best comfort, same as my guinea pigs who live in a castle.

    Now I would need to cycle this new tank again, abeit my old tank is still good with all the aparatus intact. I will probably give away or keep fresh water fish for the 130L as my wife told me fresh water fishes are easier to keep? I doubt so.

  2. Huh??? Dog poo??? Why would u do that?? Btw how little is little bit? Suggest u put in market prawn or even some dead fish.... But dog poo... Now this is a tough one...

    Back to plumbing work, best to ensure u r prepared for murphy's visit. Unless u or someone is at home 24x7 to do recovery action in case Murphy drops by, else better to separate the tanks or use a shared sump for a peace of mind...

    What I did was to take some dog poop, about 1/2 cm, drop into a container and with water and then use a drill to stirr it up until it mix well with the water, then I pour the solution into the tank. If the tank can take dog poop, I don't think it can not withstand poop generated by fishes. I know this is extreme test.

  3. Try to add some ammonia source to start the cycling process. This can be 1/4 cube of brain shrimp, let it decompose in your tank, you will be able to register a spike in the ammonia followed by nitrite and then nitrate. Once ammonia and nitrite is zero and nitrate is around 5ppm or lesser, you can safely introduce fishes.

    As comycus has mentioned cycling takes 4-6 weeks. This is due to the fact that beneficial nitrifying bacteria multiplying takes longer time to multiplying and get to work.

    Hope that helps. ;)

    I dropped a little bit of my dog poop inside the tank and afterwhich there is no amonia after a day, is that considered fine?

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