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Im a beginner2007-11-24 23:37:00

Follow this outline and your tank will phase fine.

Don,t over stock. remember the one inch per gallon rule.

Some people like to start a tank with way to many goldfish.

Put five goldfish in the 20 gallon tank, small ones like feeders.

This will allow a slow cycling normally and keep feeding under control. don't over feed. Add one pinch of flake food in the AM and one twelve hours later.

Test the tank .

When the tank clouds up don't freak and do a water change. let it be cloudy and clear up on it's own. it will be clear in a few days.

Don,t add tap water directly to the tank. Fill a container with water and let the chlorine dissipate before adding it to the tank. Dechlorinaters are just another chemical you have to deal with.

Force cycling.

If your ammonia levels spike remove the fish and let the tank cycle. testing it again in two or three days

you can use an inexpensive Drink cooler to hold the goldfish while you "force cycle" the tank It normally takes six weeks to do a safe cycling of a tank.

I hope this helped. best of luck

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You shouldn't have re-cleaned the tank!! Sorry, but it takes time to cycle a tank. The ammonia was the beginning of the cycle, so when you refilled, you started all over again. The ammonia turns to nitrite then to nitrates.Let the tank run for a couple of weeks then put the goldfish in there. Let it cycle for a couple more weeks, then you can look into other fish. Just be patient.

http://www.bluecrayfish.com/cycle.htm.