The Most Important Tip: Patience!
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The Most Important Tip: Patience!
The one most important tip for any aquarist - is patience!
Buying a tank, setting it up and filling it with fish all in the same day, while possible, is a sure road to disaster. In fact, setting up and fully stocking your first tank will take close to two months!
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3/5/2007 10:38:12 AMRuss said:
True, it takes time, but why? The nitrification cycle. An aquarium must fully cycle before it becomes stable and suitable for fish. Test your water parameters frequently for the first couple months. A tank is fully cycled when the ammonia reads 0 ppm, the Nitrites read 0 ppm, and you begin to get a Nitrate reading (between 5 and 20 ppm).
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