Quote Originally Posted by deranged chipmunk View Post
I have seen white's tanks that were complete water based. I've done white's setups with large amounts of water, but never a full aquatic bottom. Just remember to add in a sturdy holder for a feeder dish.

Elly, cycling a tank is easy. It's the waiting that most people have an issue with. If you do it correctly, it should take about 6 weeks to cycle (provided you don't already have mature media to use). In this day and age of instant gratification, nobody wants to wait anymore, so tanks fail.


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The way I've always cycled tanks is by keeping extra filters in my established tanks and using them to seed new aquariums. I don't keep much aquatic stuff anymore, just a few fish and my clawed frogs, I did have a 55g and some other tanks a while ago but I had an apartment then and it was getting.. cramped.

I plan on getting some magnetic ledges and getting some of those riparium plant holders, the tank is a little on the sad side but at least it's easy to maintain.

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