Cycling Aquarium With Fish. When setting up your aquarium only add a few fish at the start. If you decide to take the route of cycling your tank with fish in it you can expect the cycle to take up to six weeks to become fully established and working efficiently.
This is both unethical since it exposes pioneer fish to elevated levels of ammonia and nitrIte and hard work since frequent even daily water changes are needed for several weeks in order to maintain acceptable levels. By cycling your aquarium you give your fish the best possible chance to live a happy and healthy life. If one has fish in the aquarium during cycling the tank this is called fish-in cycling.
Buy inexpensive durable hardy fish that are known to do well during the tank cycling process.
I just upgraded to a 20 gallon aquarium from a 5. By cycling your aquarium you give your fish the best possible chance to live a happy and healthy life. But you are not home free just yet You still need to regularly monitor your ammonia and nitrite levels to ensure that nothing goes wrong. Fish waste adds ammonia to the water which can kick starts the bacteria growth.
