Help On Cycling

In article , stangels.1mbqw8
@news.fishkeepingbanter.com says...

Hi my husband and I are new to the fish hobby. A week and two days ago
we bought six silver tiger angelfish and put them into a 40 gallon
aquarium that was already set up. We have done extensive reading on how
to properly cycle a tank. Unfortunately on the internet no information
is the same. We want to know if during the cycle process we can try to
adjust the ph levels and adjust the water clarity of the tank. Our main
concern is ph levels. It is currently at a 7.2 border 7.4....the fish
are eatting and swimming around no problem but we are aware that the
level should be lower for the fish to thrive. Should we try to adjust
the ph or just wait until the tank is done cycling? Thank you!


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stangels


I have kept tank breed angels in 8.0PH and they breed like rabbits.

Most LFS get there angels from local breeders (because they multiply
like crazy), so they should be ok in your local water (in my area
anyway). I think the GH is more important, my old RO unit took my 8.0PH,
300ppm GH water and output 8.0PH, 2ppm GH.

Being new to the hobby, I would discourage playing with the water
chemistry. Maybe you should use RO water from the grocery store, in my
area it is $0.27usd per gallon. Or install an RO unit.

Cycling a tank with Angels will kill them all, they are very sensitive
to ammonia. Buy some bacteria in the bottle like Cycle and add to the
tank per the instructions.

Good luck.

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