"Cycling the Tropical Aquarium - A Guide to Setting Up Tropical Aquariums"," All that is needed is a basic understanding of the nitrogen cycle, and ph, nitrite and nitrate testing kits.
Local fish stockists will often test samples of aquarium water for free.
Ammonia is deadly to fish.
Nitrates can also be harmful to fish, but are absorbed by live plants, completing the cycle.
When you start out from scratch, the amounts of good bacteria in your tank will be negligible.
Ultimately, they may die.
Take care to make sure that the fish in the source tank are healthy, otherwise you might also be introducing disease.
Beneficial bacteria are everywhere; once you have a source of ammonia in your tank, good bacteria will establish a colony in your filter.
You now need to start off the ammonia cycle.
When the tank is cycling, ammonia levels will rise, ultimately quite sharply.
Then nitrites will begin to rise.
Your tank has cycled and you're ready for everyone's favourite part - choosing the fish!
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