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by Anonymous on January 6th, 2010

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Hi I want to know what is it meant by mature aquarium water, currently I have a tank that been sitting for a month with a filter but no fish

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  • by Prunesquallor on January 7th, 2010

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    Well, it won't be doing anything unless ammonia is being produced. It is ammonia that drives the formation of the bacteria that make the filter work. Basically you have three alternatives; get some hardy fish, and let them cycle the tank - not a very good solution because the fish suffer ill-health and generally have shortened lives; do a fishless cycle, which would involve putting ammonia or fishfood in the tank until your water tests show peaks in ammonia and nitrites, followed by negative readings; or buy some live bacteria together with a few fish, and start the filter when you put the fish in.

    In any event, you need to learn about fishkeeping - it's very difficult, and most people lose large numbers of fish if they haven't read up on how the tank works.

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