Bubbles all over the walls

drab911 · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:02 am Post subject: Bubbles all over the walls

Hello everyone.. I have just recently bought a new 16 gallon aquarium. Ive got the water in.. the filter has been running for one day now.. I have one air stone and am getting ready to get a couple fish to do the cycle for a month or so.. then I am going to get some live plants... My quick question is all the bubbbles attached to the heater and sides of the glass, will they eventually leave or is this something that stays or is correctable??
Thanks

grnlemonade · Super Senior Member Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 1027

they should leave pretty oon, i would say within the next day or two max.

Fish Addict · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 1:43 am Post subject:

don't forget to cycle your tank

drab911 · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:14 am Post subject:

I have done a quite a bit of reading and I am not fully aware of how important it is to cycle it..
I am going to cycle it with no fish in the tank for as long as it takes probably 3 weeks im hoping.. but my question is... once my nitrate is lower then 30 PPM would I be able to add my living plants before I add my fish? Or should I put the fish in first or should I do it together??
Thanks

grnlemonade · Super Senior Member Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 1027

well,since your not fully aware of cycling let em say this..........it is probably one of the msot important parts of fishkeeping........without it, there would not be enough bacteria to take care of waste and various things such as ammoia and the such can skyrocket to deadly levels in no time. i cant answer your other questions b/c im not that good at the whole chemical part of fishkeeping, but there are a few on here that know what they are talking about when it comes to this topic.

drab911 · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 2:54 am Post subject:

oh haha... sorry that was a typo.. I ment to say I WAS fully aware how important it is...
Im just wondering if it is better to develop the plant structure before getting fish or the fish first..

grnlemonade · Super Senior Member Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 1027

i dont think that really matters....u can do whatever one u want to do first, but plants might be easier first so u can get teh whole structure your lookngi for without having to worry aobut fish gettin hurt if ur moving rocks and the such.