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dan in aus
My 60gal tank finally finished cycling Jig.gif yay i am so happy i am dancing
Shamu23
congrats, that was pretty fast!
dan in aus
not really it was almost 7 weeks
love-rabbit-fish
Congrats Daniel! my tank is stepping into the 8th week today, but still no sign of nitrate. but the nitrite is starting to lower now, hehe YAY! biggrin.gif ammonia is 0 - 0.1ppm for the last couple of weeks
Faust
I am a bad pet owner. LOL WHat is cycling? OooooUuu!
dan in aus
cycling is the process of building a colony of beneficial bacteria in your filter here is a link with the nitrogen cycle read this it will help your fish

http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/cycle.html
Peaches
Cool! What kind of fish are you gonna fill it with?
dan in aus
it already has fish in it i did a fish cycle it has my blue oranda - pearl, my pearlscale - beany and my calico ryukin - Akira, also due to an unforseen accident with my above ground pond i have 3 shubs in there i do water changes every other day and everyone gets enough food.

by the way it is good to see you around again jon

here are pics of my fancies
Akira - ryukin

Pearl - blue oranda

Beany - Pearlscale

Beany was 1/2 an inch when i got him 9 weeks ago and now is just a bit bigger than 2 inches, pearl is now close to 5inches and Akira is close to 7 inches all with out tail
dan in aus
edit: i measured akira i meant to put 5inches and pearl is 4.5inches
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