Cycling

[Guynamedfish]

I was wondering if I need to aclimate a fish only tank with damsels with my last 20 gallon i acclimated it and didn’t add damsels to cycle it but now I’m getting a 55 gallon do I need to cycle it with damsels also I’m getting a 15 and I’m putting only a frog and a couple hermits and they are both fish only do I need them to be cycled with damsels

 

[GillMeister]

Damsels, clowns, or even mollies can be used to cycle a tank. Or you can use a product like MicroBacter and forego the use of live animals to finish the cycle. But you DO need to cycle every tank, every time.

 

[3429810]

Probably better for the animals to use bottled bacteria and a liquid ammonia product or just ghost feeding. Plenty of info on here that should help with what products to use. Doing it fish in can be very stressful or even deadly to the fish.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

no need to subject fish to stress, and possibly death, to cycle a tank, no matter the tank size. Bottled bacteria is very cheap, cheaper than a fish, and not as cruel.