Thread: Cycling a tank
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Old 04-22-2005, 04:05 AM   #20
MyraVan
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Default Re: cycling tank-am I done?? (should I add a fish?)

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I'm going to start with a school of six neons and 3 ghost shrimp.
That sounds perfect! You'll be able to add a bit more later, but this sounds like a super beginning.

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BTW, everything I've heard about Java moss is that it is a fast grower, even in low light.
I don't have Java moss, but I have found that a very reliable sourch of information on aquatic plants is the Tropica website, http://www.tropica.com/default.asp
Go there and click on Vesicularia dubyana (scientific name for Java moss) from the menu at the right, and you'll see that they say it grows slowly.

Hmmmm, I just read what they said about Ceratopteris thalictroides, aka water sprite. It's supposed to be a really good plant that grows in just about any tank, but it's dying in mine. The Tropica website says that its light requiremenets are "high-very high" which I definitely don't have with 30W over a 20gal tank. Maybe that's why its dying. Here again, Tropica seems to be more accurate than other things I've heard.
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