Your video has become my go-to to explain the nitrogen cycle to newbies! Could you do a follow-up explaining how to do a fishless cycle as well as a fish-in cycle?
Outstanding primer on the cycle! Wish I’d seen this 2 years ago. There are still people new to the hobby that freak when they get that first super high nitrate reading. I know I did.
Excellent. I only have to do water changes on my 30 gal long every two weeks. I started a planted tank about 6 weeks ago. So far so good. Got a tetra tank :)
I love that she this person takes the time and has the passion to talk about this. It was what I was looking for and I felt like it was directed specifically at me when she introduced it in the beginning. I still have a bit of confusion. Probably cus I’m watching this at 2 am , but I love that she cited other people. Sending my love to all you other new fish keepers who wants to start a group chat
Great video rocket science made simple thank you. I read so many post asking about this and try to answer in simple terms. So many leave the hobby on their first try due to not understanding the process and what steps are needed to be successful. I think this video will help those getting into the be successful. Thank you
Despite my research, the thing that didn't truly stand out to me is that there are two types of colonies needed to complete the cycle. The ones that converts ammonia to nitrite, and the one that converts nitrite into nitrate. I am glad that this video covers that and WISH I had known this video existed a year ago!
The simplest and clear explanation I have watched .... excellent video 👍👍👍👍👍👍. I hope I had found your video before I got my new first fish tank (10gal, 3vguppies, 3 cherries) 4 weeks ago. Now I have bad ammonia spike, and 3 guppies with red gills and pararites....must like due to the 8ppm of ammonia. I am still at 3ppm but I need to get a doctor for my sick guppies. You video is the best.
Haha, I do love live plants but sometimes they can be a real pain in the neck when they're not thriving, have too much algae, get uprooted a lot, etc. Getting good at plants is definitely a game of patience (but totally worth it).
Hmm good simple video but since this video is for beginners, you should also mention that, those tanks which only rely on plants and exclude filters are quite big and house very small fish(very very small bioload). And not all fishes are compatible with a planted aquarium.
For sure! There's a link in the description to Diana Walstad's paper on this topic that lists several species: pdfs.semanticscholar.org/393c/b31f936ea2c9d501eb99fa9faec39c970726.pdf
Hey! Could you try to make a video on flat worms sometime soon? I have tons of the harmless kind and they are driving me CRAZY! Nobody is telling me anything but gravel vac and feed less. 😂
Great question! So I've never dealt with them in my main tanks (killed them off when quarantining my plants - see my video on plant dips for snails) . However, I've heard L.R.Bretz Aquatics and several other FishTubers deal with them using fenbendazole (common dog dewormer). There are also treatments on the market called No Planaria and Planaria Zero. I haven't used any of the chemicals, so definitely do your research first before deciding to use them. Good luck to ya!
For the past week I have been trying to get the ammonia level in my fairly new tank (it's about 2 months old since I first set it up), to SERO. However since I started testing, which has been 6 days now, I can't seem to get the level down to ZERO. The tank has been reading .25 ( the lowest, to .50 the highest). I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong or f there's a problem in the tank. Can you please help????
@@GirlTalksFish Awesome! i saw your video on how u cycled ur tank with plants without realizing and i thought that that was really cool, i am wanting a 20 gallon planted community tank with a male Betta and some corydoras but not sure on what other fish i can add any ideas?
So I think what happens is in their race to be more informative than the last person, some TH-camrs make things sound and seam more complicated than it really is. I had been away from the hobby for forty years. I started watching a lot of TH-cam to update myself on new tech, equipment, fish etc. A few videos in I was getting totally bogged down with explanations upon explanation, pH, TDs, KH, etc. Pretty soon I'm thinking, why would anyone start into this hobby without a PhD in biology? I'm not saying it was bad information at all, just more involved than it needs to be. My fix for this was to follow a limited number of people and stick to their information until I had regained some experience. I follow Cory quite a bit, but I am a diabetic and his nitrogen cycle demo scared me so I changed from M&M's to multigrain snacks!😁 Jason is an amazing guy but you can tell he is a prof. I was horrible in science so I depend on Jason for other fish facts. I love his work. A couple more that I follow keep me focused, but honestly I try to watch a little of everyone's work. I put out one terrible TH-cam video a few days ago to try it out so I start to get a feel for how much effort you folks put into yours. I have done television before but it was scripted. Guppies are illiterate, no help at all! Illiterate and focused on breeding! Good God I grew up with friends like that!! I enjoy your direct approach to your topic, I have subscribed and while I may never make it to an American event, I will be learning whatever I can from those I follow. Getting back into this has me rethinking fish and chips!....sigh
Not necessarily. :) I know a lot of people say that 0 ppm nitrates means that your tank isn't cycled, but I have a tank that's been running for many months with fast growing plants, very low bioload (cherry shrimp), and weekly water changes. And yes, I usually only see very low nitrates around 0-5 ppm. I may need to increase fertilization if the plants are suffering, but so far they're still green and growing!
I think he's technically a microbiology professor by trade, but check out the link I put at the end of this video and he describes his full credentials. :)
Not all mom and pop store have knowledge on nitrogen cycle. I went to neighbor store and I ask them for help on cycling (new to me) never did cycle around 40 years. One employee told me 3 bottle caps of Prime for 10 gallon lower down ammonia, nitrite and nitrate up every day for week no water changes. Both aquarium did not fish, ammonia or fish food started with he said was not not needed. He said my aquarium is now set for fish, so I purchased from he 2 Cory fish died in two days. Started again with Ammonia, nitrite and nitrate at down 0 purchased again 1 female and 1 Cory, Cory died in 12 hours but female betta is still here Now 10 gallon and 5 gallon has under pH 6.0
Great job on making a simple explanation! I will be setting up a planted aquarium in my 3rd grade classroom in the fall and will definitely show the kids this video. I want to make the whole project an educational experience and at the same time teach excellent pet husbandry and empathy. Any suggestions of other videos you made that would be 8 year old appropriate? Thanks 👍
That's so great to hear! Hmm, not sure what might appeal to your kids but feel free to browse my channel. I do have one video where I interviewed a high school girl who was really involved in our local fish club that you might be interested in (th-cam.com/video/u9Jx7AAUYvM/w-d-xo.html ).
I bought a starter kit today caus my neighbor bought a top fin 20 gallon kit but didn't want it so he gave it to me for 5 dollars(retail 100+ dollars) but it was missing the filter extension tube i contacted top fin i hope they send another's
Fish also releases ammonia through their gills. Maybe it's similar to peeing. That's why fishes still get ammonia poisoning in fish bag even though there's very little poop. I've killed a lot of fish for not knowing about nitrogen cycle in my early years of fish keeping :(
Great question! I started watching TH-cam channels like Video Creators and Roberto Blake that teach you how to become a better challenge. The main advice I have is to regularly release one video a week for at least 6 months and see if you like it. Each time you make a new video, try to improve something from the previous week. And slowly but surely, you'll start getting better at it!
@@GirlTalksFish Thank you so much for the advice!!! I am going to start a channel called CFT Fishtube and I hope it works out. I have been watching a lot of other fish keeping channels to learn from them and your advice will help me a lot. I will continue to watch your videos because you help improve me in my fish keeping skills.🐠
Good question! I should've specified, but plants will only grow in mostly freshwater tanks. However, I have heard that saltwater fish keepers can make refugiums with macroalgae that do the same thing: www.algaebarn.com/blog/refugiums/going-green-installing-and-operating-a-planted-refugium/
I'm actually doing some experiments about cycling! But I don't want to release them until I'm totally done. You can search online for "fishless cycling" and there will be many articles that can help you. Good luck! 👍
Great question! I haven't done a "how to cycle aquariums" video yet, but Joey from King of DIY presented 8 different methods, which you can view here: th-cam.com/video/eBMgppmFyoE/w-d-xo.html
Congrats AGW, think you just made the cleanest, clearest, most concise and simple nitrogen cycle video on TH-cam. wow
Haha, I tried! Hopefully it'll help some beginners out there. :)
Your video has become my go-to to explain the nitrogen cycle to newbies! Could you do a follow-up explaining how to do a fishless cycle as well as a fish-in cycle?
it was first exact and easy to understandable video about n2 cycle on u tube thank u for that
My pleasure! I hope it helps many others. :)
Very fun and informational.
I love having mosses and ferns in my tanks to take up the Nitrogenous Compounds.
Yes! Live plants are so much more effective than I originally thought when first getting into the hobby.
I just love love love love love your videos! You have such an amazing voice! You should have at least 1 million subs.
Oh my goodness, thank you so much! Your comment totally made my day. :D
Outstanding primer on the cycle! Wish I’d seen this 2 years ago. There are still people new to the hobby that freak when they get that first super high nitrate reading. I know I did.
Evil Genius That means so much to me! Glad you enjoyed it. :)
Thankyou so much, for your easy and on point explanations ❤️
Excellent. I only have to do water changes on my 30 gal long every two weeks. I started a planted tank about 6 weeks ago. So far so good. Got a tetra tank :)
Ooo, fun! Good luck with the new planted tank. :)
I love that she this person takes the time and has the passion to talk about this. It was what I was looking for and I felt like it was directed specifically at me when she introduced it in the beginning. I still have a bit of confusion. Probably cus I’m watching this at 2 am , but I love that she cited other people. Sending my love to all you other new fish keepers who wants to start a group chat
OMG I missed your upload last week ;( but great video especially for beginners! Can’t wait for the next video !
Yay, it will be an update on Aquashella so hope you enjoy it!
Thank you! Now I just need a reall tutorial on how to set everything up step by step 🙊
Super helpful explanation! I’ve watched several Nitrogen Cycle videos and couldn’t grasp the concept until I watched your video.
It help me so much it’s my first aquarium that I’m doing by myself and I can’t understand anything else 🐟
Great video rocket science made simple thank you. I read so many post asking about this and try to answer in simple terms. So many leave the hobby on their first try due to not understanding the process and what steps are needed to be successful. I think this video will help those getting into the be successful. Thank you
Thank you so much! I really hope it helps beginners out. :)
This is very helpful for beginners
Wow. Best explanation on all of TH-cam. I only wish I knew how many plants I need in my 5 gallon aquarium. Ty
Thanks for this great explanation. Keep it up. You have a new subscriber. 👌🏻
Oh my goodness, you are too kind! Thank you so much. :)
Despite my research, the thing that didn't truly stand out to me is that there are two types of colonies needed to complete the cycle. The ones that converts ammonia to nitrite, and the one that converts nitrite into nitrate. I am glad that this video covers that and WISH I had known this video existed a year ago!
Safe travels to and from
Aquashella, and also important...Have A Blast!!
👍💓👍
Thank you so much! I'm getting kinda excited/nervous!
Just perfect. Thanks so much.
Thanks for this great explanation, I’m starting to understand it now!
jis B My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it. :)
The simplest and clear explanation I have watched .... excellent video 👍👍👍👍👍👍. I hope I had found your video before I got my new first fish tank (10gal, 3vguppies, 3 cherries) 4 weeks ago. Now I have bad ammonia spike, and 3 guppies with red gills and pararites....must like due to the 8ppm of ammonia. I am still at 3ppm but I need to get a doctor for my sick guppies. You video is the best.
Thank you so much! I'll be making a "how to cycle your tank" eventually. Best of luck with your in-fish cycling. It's hard work, but it can be done. 👍
Every freshwater aquarium should have live plants 🌱!
Haha, I do love live plants but sometimes they can be a real pain in the neck when they're not thriving, have too much algae, get uprooted a lot, etc. Getting good at plants is definitely a game of patience (but totally worth it).
Lol yes I agree
Some fish eat them or rip them up. Not always easy
Awesome explanation mam. Always wanted to know this but now it's super clear after watching your video
hi thanks for this. learning all i can before i get a betta
btw love your Betta videos
Very informative and easy to understand, very body new to the hobby should watch this video 🤓
Yay! I hope it makes the nitrogen cycle less scary for people. :)
Very important video. You did a great job explaining it
Thank you so much! Hopefully it'll help some beginners out there.
Thanks for this!! 😉
Thanks
Hmm good simple video but since this video is for beginners, you should also mention that, those tanks which only rely on plants and exclude filters are quite big and house very small fish(very very small bioload). And not all fishes are compatible with a planted aquarium.
Very true! Live plants probably won't be as helpful if you have a huge bioload in a tiny tank.
Wow, this is such a good video!
It would be interesting to know which plants uptake more amonia/nitrite/nitrates. I’m assuming the fast growing ones?
For sure! There's a link in the description to Diana Walstad's paper on this topic that lists several species: pdfs.semanticscholar.org/393c/b31f936ea2c9d501eb99fa9faec39c970726.pdf
Hornwort and water lettuce take out a lot of ammonia. And if you have a pathos growing in your filters even better.
@@twunderaquatics1770 Ooo, pothos! I'll have to remember to add that tip next time.
Great video!
Thank you so much! Appreciate you taking the time to visit my channel. :D
This is what im looking for
Love the fish tank
Thank you so much! I have a lot of fun designing the scape and stocking the animals. :)
Cool vid! See you at Aquashella!
Yay, can't wait to see you there too, Lucas!
Thank you ♥️
Love your videos. Please tell me which ferts are good for Anubias
The sad truth is in my area fish stores dont tell you about this because the customer may think fish keeping is complicated
Hey! Could you try to make a video on flat worms sometime soon? I have tons of the harmless kind and they are driving me CRAZY! Nobody is telling me anything but gravel vac and feed less. 😂
Great question! So I've never dealt with them in my main tanks (killed them off when quarantining my plants - see my video on plant dips for snails) . However, I've heard L.R.Bretz Aquatics and several other FishTubers deal with them using fenbendazole (common dog dewormer). There are also treatments on the market called No Planaria and Planaria Zero. I haven't used any of the chemicals, so definitely do your research first before deciding to use them. Good luck to ya!
@@GirlTalksFish Thanks! I will see what I can find at my LFS! Happy Sunday, God bless!
@@chefherohaning4397 God bless you too!
Where does the beneficial bacteria come from?
For the past week I have been trying to get the ammonia level in my fairly new tank (it's about 2 months old since I first set it up), to SERO. However since I started testing, which has been 6 days now, I can't seem to get the level down to ZERO. The tank has been reading .25 ( the lowest, to .50 the highest). I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong or f there's a problem in the tank. Can you please help????
Can you please do a video on how to cycle ur tank with plants? Thank You!!
Coming up! I finally finished a year-long experiment on cycling, but it's going to take a while to compile the results. :P
@@GirlTalksFish Awesome! i saw your video on how u cycled ur tank with plants without realizing and i thought that that was really cool, i am wanting a 20 gallon planted community tank with a male Betta and some corydoras but not sure on what other fish i can add any ideas?
Also what plants do you recommend???
What is the bacteria to get to nitrate ?
Wow! Thanks a lot
Excellent info
Tropicalfishcraze Channel Thank you so much!
So I think what happens is in their race to be more informative than the last person, some TH-camrs make things sound and seam more complicated than it really is.
I had been away from the hobby for forty years. I started watching a lot of TH-cam to update myself on new tech, equipment, fish etc.
A few videos in I was getting totally bogged down with explanations upon explanation, pH, TDs, KH, etc.
Pretty soon I'm thinking, why would anyone start into this hobby without a PhD in biology?
I'm not saying it was bad information at all, just more involved than it needs to be.
My fix for this was to follow a limited number of people and stick to their information until I had regained some experience.
I follow Cory quite a bit, but I am a diabetic and his nitrogen cycle demo scared me so I changed from M&M's to multigrain snacks!😁
Jason is an amazing guy but you can tell he is a prof. I was horrible in science so I depend on Jason for other fish facts. I love his work.
A couple more that I follow keep me focused, but honestly I try to watch a little of everyone's work. I put out one terrible TH-cam video a few days ago to try it out so I start to get a feel for how much effort you folks put into yours.
I have done television before but it was scripted. Guppies are illiterate, no help at all! Illiterate and focused on breeding! Good God I grew up with friends like that!!
I enjoy your direct approach to your topic, I have subscribed and while I may never make it to an American event, I will be learning whatever I can from those I follow.
Getting back into this has me rethinking fish and chips!....sigh
Awww, thank you so much! I'm so glad you've been enjoying my channel. Mmm, love me some fish and chips...
Is there other cycles? It seams like some things grow better after your tank is set up for 6 months.
1:30 Starting
What kind of fish is that at 54sec
I tested my water and my nitrate is at 0 ppm is that weird. I have lots of live plants
Not necessarily. :) I know a lot of people say that 0 ppm nitrates means that your tank isn't cycled, but I have a tank that's been running for many months with fast growing plants, very low bioload (cherry shrimp), and weekly water changes. And yes, I usually only see very low nitrates around 0-5 ppm. I may need to increase fertilization if the plants are suffering, but so far they're still green and growing!
A Gamer's Wife oh I forgot to mention that my tank is about four months old and my ammonia is at 0ppm and my nitrite is at 0 ppm
@@ryantedeschi418 That's great! Sounds like you're doing an awesome job with your plants. :)
This is awesome! Is Jason from prime time really a microbiologist?
I think he's technically a microbiology professor by trade, but check out the link I put at the end of this video and he describes his full credentials. :)
Not all mom and pop store have knowledge on nitrogen cycle. I went to neighbor store and I ask them for help on cycling (new to me) never did cycle around 40 years. One employee told me 3 bottle caps of Prime for 10 gallon lower down ammonia, nitrite and nitrate up every day for week no water changes. Both aquarium did not fish, ammonia or fish food started with he said was not not needed. He said my aquarium is now set for fish, so I purchased from he 2 Cory fish died in two days. Started again with Ammonia, nitrite and nitrate at down 0 purchased again 1 female and 1 Cory, Cory died in 12 hours but female betta is still here
Now 10 gallon and 5 gallon has under pH 6.0
Good luck with your cycling adventure! Check out the link I left on your other comment for 8 different ways to cycle your tank.
Great job on making a simple explanation! I will be setting up a planted aquarium in my 3rd grade classroom in the fall and will definitely show the kids this video. I want to make the whole project an educational experience and at the same time teach excellent pet husbandry and empathy. Any suggestions of other videos you made that would be 8 year old appropriate? Thanks 👍
That's so great to hear! Hmm, not sure what might appeal to your kids but feel free to browse my channel. I do have one video where I interviewed a high school girl who was really involved in our local fish club that you might be interested in (th-cam.com/video/u9Jx7AAUYvM/w-d-xo.html ).
How to build up nitrifying bacteria then?
My fish like French fries too.
Lol! Mine tend to prefer onion rings.
@@GirlTalksFish same here i just toss them mine
@@rp101aquatics6 Hahaha!
I bought a starter kit today caus my neighbor bought a top fin 20 gallon kit but didn't want it so he gave it to me for 5 dollars(retail 100+ dollars) but it was missing the filter extension tube i contacted top fin i hope they send another's
@@rp101aquatics6 That a nice deal!
Nice video friend👍👌
Home organizer Tips Thanks so much! Glad you liked it. :)
Fish also releases ammonia through their gills. Maybe it's similar to peeing. That's why fishes still get ammonia poisoning in fish bag even though there's very little poop. I've killed a lot of fish for not knowing about nitrogen cycle in my early years of fish keeping :(
Yes, for sure! I should've mentioned that both fish "pee" and poo cause ammonia. Good catch there.
Hello do you think i can put a pothos in my betta tank will it help with ammonia and nitrites thank you 😸
It will help
Easy to understand...
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it. :)
Any adivice for starting a you tube channel?
Great question! I started watching TH-cam channels like Video Creators and Roberto Blake that teach you how to become a better challenge. The main advice I have is to regularly release one video a week for at least 6 months and see if you like it. Each time you make a new video, try to improve something from the previous week. And slowly but surely, you'll start getting better at it!
@@GirlTalksFish Thank you so much for the advice!!! I am going to start a channel called CFT Fishtube and I hope it works out. I have been watching a lot of other fish keeping channels to learn from them and your advice will help me a lot. I will continue to watch your videos because you help improve me in my fish keeping skills.🐠
Hello! Do I NEED to put in plants in a salt water tank?
Good question! I should've specified, but plants will only grow in mostly freshwater tanks. However, I have heard that saltwater fish keepers can make refugiums with macroalgae that do the same thing: www.algaebarn.com/blog/refugiums/going-green-installing-and-operating-a-planted-refugium/
What a about cycling a tank without fish?! I’m so confused...😫
I really like this video, well explained
I'm actually doing some experiments about cycling! But I don't want to release them until I'm totally done. You can search online for "fishless cycling" and there will be many articles that can help you. Good luck! 👍
Nice to see the poo poo emoji is the biggest on the thumbnail :D 👍 french fries fish food XD
Haha, I feel like the nitrogen cycle should really be renamed the "poo cycle".
I put french fries on my fish tank but I don't think it's working.
Hello : )
Hi Justice! Welcome to the channel and thanks for watching. :)
But I do we start the cycling
Great question! I haven't done a "how to cycle aquariums" video yet, but Joey from King of DIY presented 8 different methods, which you can view here: th-cam.com/video/eBMgppmFyoE/w-d-xo.html
I think I found written:
petfishclub.com/fishless-cycling-fish-food/
Do moss balls count? Lol
A little bit. ;)
when can you call yourself a advanced fishkeeper?? 😂
Lol, for me, I'd say never!
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