Day 2 of cycling

[coldreptiliancalculations]

If along with the 4 platies, you purchased at least 8 plants that immediately take, you may then be able to short citcuit the time it takes to grow a large population of beneficial bacteria, enough of a population to process toxix=c ammonia, because they will be among those plants.

Cycling is the process of building a large enough bacterial population to consume all the ammonia produced by the fish.

I added a healthy dose of stability after a 25% water change

Random question but I saw one of my platys chasing a female relentlessly and rubbing against her. Did I just witness them mating in a cycling tank lol

 

[tlindsey]

Did I just witness them mating in a cycling tank lol

That's very possible.