Oscar Fish Breeding Rant (The Truth)
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Breeding aquarium Oscar fish isn’t worth it. These fish are already over populated and super cheap. I feel we don’t need to breed any more Oscar fish in the hobby. Don’t take this in the wrong way though, because if you can sell them then all the power to you.
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So my fishless cycle has been running for almost two months now and these are my current readings as of now: Ammonia 0.25ppm, Nitrite 5.0 ppm, and Nitrate 80ppm. My question is: do I add more ammonia, or continue to leave it be? This is my first time cycling a tank so I’m new to this. I used Dr. Tim’s Ammonium Chloride to start it off in the beginning.
Dose just a small amount to keep some ammonia going. You will want 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite a couple days before adding fish. You have nitrates so your cycle is pretty much done. Do your water changes regularly but keep adding ammonia of some sort. Otherwise you will starve the bacteria and will have to start again. However, with your numbers the way they are now. You should be cycled really good and be ready to add fish. Just do your water change and have fun now.
Basically you added 2 or 3x the ammonia as necessary. I recommend you do a 50% water change and add dechlorinator. re-test in a few days. You need to add fish once the nitrite is at or below 0.25ppm.
Ammonia is 0. If it is not as dark as the second box then it is 0. A common flaw/glitch with API Master Kit. Keep dosing ammonia chloride just to grow the bacteria colony. You’re actually close to a cycle. Do water changes until you have 0.25 nitrite reading. High nitrites inhibits bacteria’s growth. You’re almost there! Maybe one more week. If you haven’t, bump your heater to 92°. This temp is prime for hastening bacteria’s metabolism. If you have creatures then bump heater up to the high end of the creature’s tolerance.
Patience. The cycle is working. DO NOT ADD fish as Ammonia and Nitrites are Toxic to fish and even 'cheap' fish SUFFER a painful death.
DO NOT do water changes until your ammonia and Nitrites hit zero or you risk and incomplete cycle. The only time you do a water change in a fishless cycle is to bring relatively harmless Nitrated down below 40ppm.
All of you internet fish keepers are trying to do shit with chemicals that mother nature does all by herself. Just put some water and Water Conditioner in and throw fish in change the water every few days or every week and in a few weeks you'll have a perfectly cycle tank. It's not rocket science.
Not sure what whoever laughed at this is laughing at. I have literally started fish tanks my whole life without all of this nonsense. All of this anal retentive level checking is nothing but internet bs. Yes there are certain types of tanks and certain situations where a lot of that stuff is important like salt water for example, but if you have to constantly worry about your pH and adjust your pH you are just going to kill your fish. You need to find fish that like your water. The bacteria will form over time and you do water changes until it does. It's not rocket science guys people have been starting fish tanks since time immemorial.
Seriously two months to cycle a tank with no fish.
To start a new tank. I set it up, scape it, fill tank and let it sit for a couple of days with the filter running. I add a couple of fish and check parameters over the next week or two. Then add fish based on the parameters. In two months you would have a fully stocked cycled tank that is running smooth.
I think you are nearly done actually. I would do a water change to take the nitrates and nitrites down some and then see if the remaining nitrates take care of the remaining nitrites. When ammonia and nitrites are zero you could run a small test of adding ammonia at 2ppm and leave it to see if it’ll zero back out and add nitrates within 24 hours. If so, you’re good to go!!