how to setup a new saltwater tank for beginners – how to cycle a saltwater tank – prevent fish death
how to setup a new saltwater aquarium for beginners. cycle your new saltwater tank : prevent fish death. how to cycle a saltwater tank. new saltwater aquarium fish dying – cycle your new tank to prevent fish death – rotter tube reef. When you first set up your aquarium, the biological filter is not ready to handle the waste the fish are producing. Getting the biological filter up-to-speed requires putting the tank through a process called cycling the aquarium. This allows naturally occurring and ubiquitous bacteria to populate the filter media in the aquarium’s filter and begin processing the ammonia produced by the fish into (eventually) relatively harmless nitrate which you can then remove with your regular, weekly 10-15% water changes.
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New aquarium owners are more likely to make simple mistakes, such as over feeding the fish, which will contribute to poor water quality, increasing the waste related problems explained above, or having the temperature wrong, which increases the general stress the fish are under.
What Can I Do to Avoid ‘New Tank Syndrome?’
Understand the cycling process.
Keep the population in your tank low until the tank has cycled.
Keep up with the extra water changes necessary during the cycling process.
Do some research on the care requirements of the fish you are interested in keeping before purchasing the fish.
Be careful with your tank maintenance.
Watch your feeding, make sure the fish eat everything offered in under two minutes.
These simple tips should help you avoid unnecessary losses to ‘new tank syndrome’ while your new aquarium is cycling.
Can’t I Just Add Something to the Tank to Avoid ‘New Tank Syndrome’ altogether?
Simply put, no, you can’t. There are people that will try to sell you ammonia removers which will remove the ammonia, but make the cycling process more difficult. Others will try to sell you bacteria boosters to make the tank magically cycle overnight, but these are highly unreliable.
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