Posted by kherman on March 21, 2003 at 07:18:02:
In Reply to: New tank questions posted by kat03 on March 20, 2003 at 13:29:19:
I would consider fishless cycling for a while using pure household ammonia (make sure it's 100% ammonia).
If you look up fishless cycling at google, you will find LOTS of information on it.
I've had bad luck with tiger barbs, so I think they may not be the best fish to use to start cycling a tank.