# aquarium question

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**Created:** [December 12, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aquarium-question/255964 "2010-12-12T14:41:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aquarium-question/255964/109 "2010-12-23T18:35:41Z")

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> [@Shipping a car](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shipping-a-car/38256/2):
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> you have to get the bacteria to grow in there . If you do water changes now you will be just taking out the bacteria and you will never cycle out the tank . Just let it go for a month . The ammonia will reach about 1.5 @ the highest . Then the nitrite will reach about 1.5-2.0 then both will drop and nitrate will form .

Last I tested the ammonia level was Tuesday and it was about 2.0 . I’m waiting to hear back from Adam about getting a 20 gallon tank for the goldfish so I can get the different fish I want in the 60

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