stonecali Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 Hello, I am a very new fish keeper. I bought a 23 Gallon tank for my grand kids. This fun activity for them has caused me to purchase 2 more tanks. A 60 Gallon and a small 5 gallon hospital / isolation tank. I had to learn the hard way about cycling the first tank (with lots of fish). Took about 15 weeks in total from beginning to end. However its cycled now and we started on the 60 Gallon (planted now). I had to move 4 Lyre tail Mollies over as the 23 Gallon one was overstocked. We joined the Calgary Aquarium club on Tuesday night and are looking forward to some interesting time. Stonecali and Cheryl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 Hello and welcome to AA! I do a little fish however the planted tank is my my thing. If you had any questions I'd be happy to lend a hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biodives Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 (edited) Welcome and congratulations with catching the aquarium bug. You will find there is enough to discover, learn and enjoy to last a lifetime and hopefully help your grand kids understand and appreciate the wonderful life underwater. If your new planted tank has a lot of plants, including floaters, you may find the cycling to take a lot less time. I cycle my tanks for as little as 1 week but patience and resisting temptation at the LFS are important. Update: the tank does not necessarily cycle faster but the plants compensate for the immature biological filter so your pioneer fish will be happier. In my case I run all my tanks completely without biological filter and just rely on my plants. So my tanks are never truly cycled at all. Edited November 11, 2016 by biodives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipejax Posted November 11, 2016 Report Share Posted November 11, 2016 Welcome and Stonecali and Cheryl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin2you Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 Welcome! & if you need more molly's, I'm overrun at the moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonecali Posted November 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Hello all, thank you for the welcome. Sorry for the late reply but work got a bit in the way this week. Jack Dempsey, thank you for the offer, but I think I am good at the moment. The grand kids "help" with the cleaning and hauling water away, they all like feeding time so have to be a bit careful there. I hope they get the bug and enjoy it as much as I am so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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