What is cycling? Cycling an aquarium is the process of growing different colonies of beneficial bacteria inside your aquarium to maintain good water quality for your axolotls. These different types of bacteria grow and live in your tank’s filter media and will filter out toxic waste compounds that are constantly generated by your axolotl, excess food, etc. All aquatic animals constantly release waste ammonia, which is toxic when built up, into their environment, and this ammonia has to be filtered […]