fishless cycling?

[pufferlover19]

will the volume still be the same even though it is an irregular hex?

[sevenyearnight]

http://reef.diesyst.com/volcalc/volcalc.html
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[pufferlover19]

Thank ya, thank ya! its 23 gal. <333

[sevenyearnight]

Sweet! Does it hold water?

[pufferlover19]

Fantastically! I'm so freaking excited! I don't know where to get just a stand though.. i tried craigslist, but they didn't have just tanks anywhere that didn't take more money to get there than the stand! I found one for $10, perfect size, color, everything, but I live in Jacksonville, FL and it's n Middleburg. :/

[J-P]

if the drive (gas) and the item $$ is less than new... go for it.

[pufferlover19]

yeah, but my mom won't take me. that's the real problem.

[sevenyearnight]

Are you able to make a stand? There are DIY's online for cinder block stands that take little construction.

[Pufferpunk]

I supported a 125g tank with wood & cinder blocks, for years.

[RTR]

+1 on the de-con/final clean-up step. That is good for an unknown tank.

Have the tank on a waterproof surface, with some newspaper under it during that final de-con and the rinse as an easy check for leaks.

That article seven cited is not bad. It is rich in detail which is good, and does warn well about the issues with adequate alkalinity. But the author just was not aware of a couple of the hazards - few other thnn hobbyists who are also bacteriologists would know those details, but lack of detail there does cause a lot of issues with stalled cycles.

The alpha test group who tried fishless originally was not perfect by any means. None of us had soft acid water, so we did not not realize that alkalinity loss could occur so badly in such conditions. I had to do RODI trials with low alkalinity to figure out how to get around the problems after we had already started popularizing the process. That was embarrassing!

[pufferlover19]

smaller words??

[Pufferpunk]

RTR, dummy down please, he's only 13.

[pufferlover19]

she

[Pufferpunk]

Oops, you should fill that out in your profile.

[pufferlover19]

hmm. thought I did. guess it didn't save. but anyways, back to dummying down...