Ok - prolly going to get gunned down - but here goes....
How many of you ever have your fishies putting out 5ppm of ammonia? You ever tested your water one day and found that sort of level happened overnight??
The amount of ammonia you put in for the fishless cycling process is WAY more than you need for a fully stocked - or even overstocked tank
I couldn't be bothered with the whole adding ammonia thing - and having a young child I didn't want it in the house anyway, so I went ahead and used a dead prawn.
The end result has been that my tank was fully cycled, no stress to my fishies (light bioload admittedly), everyone was added at once and my Ammonia (0), Nitrites (0) and even my Nitrates have remained super stable ever since!
Each to their own, but it really DOES work, and having your fish not die, not weakened and possibly living longer can't be all bad right?
Cool to find a local forum BTW - what a way for me to make an entrance... arrghhh! :oops:
*runs and hides*
