RE: Question about planted aquarium and fishless cycling
Thanks for your help! I am confident my tank has cycled with it being able to go from ammonia level of 2ppm to 0 within 24 hours and 0 nitrites. Nitrate levels were 80ppm and pH still at 8.2. So I did a 50% water change then another 30% water change to get to nitrate level of 20ppm my pH only dropped to 8 though. I am adding fish today they are floating now. I plan to slowley acclimate them to my tank water as I read in "Why did fish die so fast? (Common beginner mistakes)".
I am starting with 2 male guppies, 4 female guppies, 5 zebra danios, and 2 shrimp. I originally planned to start with just 6 fish but that was before I did fishless cycling. I am still a little nervous about this number of fish to start with so I plan to monitor the water quality closely. Wish me luck.