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MelonHead · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject: New 150 Update

Everything is still testing all zeros - been adding a few fish each day & watching the chemicals. As long as everything is safe - in goes a new one every day.

Sand vac'd it today - no problem. I have a 3' vac.

Mind you - for newer fish keepers - cycling WILL NOT go this fast on a new tank - or even most used ones. It just so happened I have...

a seeded Whisper 60
a seeded Magnum 350
a seeded 125g sponge filter
a (seeded?) Fluval 303
5-10 lbs seeded gravel
7 pieces of seeded wood
32 gallons of cycled water from my 55g

The above are the only reasons mine has tested the way it has. Do that with a new tank & you've got dead fish. Just be careful & test constantly.

Here are the latest photos. One with a flash which really doesn't show the colors well...

And a big honkin' no flash pic that does. I really need to get a tripod....

mbovinet · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:17 am Post subject:

Nice looking setup. Haley and Chris really hooked you up Exclamation

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clunkster · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:15 am Post subject:

Very nice mate Cool

Starting to look very nice, i take it you will be a happy bunny now ?

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i dont keep fish i keep water that fish can live in what do you do ?

MelonHead · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:43 am Post subject:

mbovinet wrote:

Nice looking setup. Haley and Chris really hooked you up Exclamation

Yep - lucky for me the timing was right when they decided to break it down. Very lucky - got the magnum from them - traded ARB for the Fluval & had everything else.

clunkster wrote:

Very nice mate Starting to look very nice, i take it you will be a happy bunny now ?

Yeah. I love it. Just need some more tall, mature Hornwort and the remaining wood from the 55g to complete it.

I'm just amazed at the cycle. Near instantaneous. I've never heard of six days with no ammonia or nitrite spike. Must have been a lot of good bacteria-crud on all my stuff, huh?

clunkster · Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:46 am Post subject:

Just keep an eye on your water stats Wink

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i dont keep fish i keep water that fish can live in what do you do ?