Don't use fish to cycle a new tank! It is an unnecessary and inhumane
method, increasingly frowned upon by serious aquarists.
I successfully used household ammonia to cycle a brand-new 5-gallon
aquarium. It is easy to do so, and the cost is almost zero.
WIth this method, you can immediately take the ammonia up to lethal levels
far past what any fish could survive. As a result, the bacteria develop and
reproduce very quickly, and in a much shorter time, you'll have a far
stronger colony capable of supporting a robust population of desirable fish.
When I did it, after only 14 days the bacterial colony in that little
5-gallon tank was fully metabolizing 3ML of household ammonia each day in
about 11 hours. I was very conservative, and carefuly monitored nitrite
levels over the next 8 days, while adding daily 1ML maintenance doses of
ammonia.
For the full story, with pictures and references, take a look at:
http://members.cox.net/gbundersea/aq...on/cycling.htm
Also see my Jensalt sump horror story site:
http://members.cox.net/~gbundersea/a...s/badsumps.htm
You should be able to find those mollies a good home, free of ammonia,
without too much trouble. :-)
--
Greg Bunch Creator of the MXTENDER Optical
gbundersea AT cox DOT net Strobe Cable System for the Sea&Sea
http://www.gbundersea.com MX-10 and the Save-A-Lens Kit
for MX-10 and Motormarine
"Arrhae" wrote in message
...
If anyone in the Toronto area is looking for some fish to cycle a new tank
with that are less aggressive than Damsels, I've got some sal****er raised
baby orange sailfin mollies available that I'm soon going to have no room
for when they get bigger. They were born in and have lived all their
lives
in full marine conditions, if anyone would like to rehome a couple...
Other
than the slightly disturbing red eyes, they're very cute!
I've also got gobs of java moss seeded with baby snails, for anyone that
has
fresh/brackish water puffers and might need some...my beloved Puffie died
a
few weeks ago and I haven't been able to bring myself to replace him...