New 10g setup :)

[brancasterr]

Yeah, thats what I was thinking. I'm probably going to get the other fish acclimated and swimming around for a day or two before I put the betta in. :)

And yes, 5 dollars! What a steal.

[Mizzle]

I think you're going to find it incredibly hard to keep a tank that small cycled

[Kittles]

A 10 gallon? What.

Mine's remained cycled for over a month now - not that this holds much credibility - but, I've also read of various other members here who have and maintain cycles in tanks as small as 2.5 gallons.

[Hadouken441]

Its not hard at all. Where are you getting that from. My 10 gallon is cycled perfectly. It only took me 1.5 weeks also.

[brancasterr]

Hadouken441, what exactly was your procedure? I'm hoping mine will cycle fast.

[Hadouken441]

The plants help it cycle fast. When they start growing is pretty much when its ok

[brancasterr]

I have two hornwort's and one Anacharis in my tank right now. I'm adding enough ammonia to achieve a reading of 5ppm (from what I can tell on the color chart, haha) and adding a little bit more when it goes down below 5ppm. Then when I test nitrites in the water I'll drop the dosage to about 2-3 ppm until my nitrites have spiked and both ammonia and nitrites read 0.

Am I doing this correctly?
Should I add more plants?

[xxabc]

Mizzle, you aren't reading that as 10L , are you?