High Ammonia in 1.5 Gallon

[7Enigma]

My personal preference for all acclimation is the drip method. You get a small piece of silicon tubing (you can buy it by the foot at home depot/etc.) for next to nothing. Fill it with water like you are going to siphon with it and then attach it to the container with the fish. You raise/lower the container next to the tank to slow down/speed up the drip rate.

This is the most gentle method for acclimation that takes into consideration water chemistry and temperature. Takes about 2 minutes to setup and I'll normally acclimate for 30min-1hour unless it's a really fragile species (shrimp/etc.).

HTH

 

[jessibell]

Well, I went into our pet store today (I actually worked there for a couple years) and lo and behold, they had two 5 gallon tanks, lightly used, on for 30 bucks, so I grabbed one I also bought two live plants. I can get a filter and heater for it cheaper at walmart (I hate to do it, I would much rather support the lfs but they carry the same name brand stuff for like half the price There are some things the pet store that I always buy there... for everything else, there's walley-world.

So I will set this 5 gal up tomorow and start cycling it. For fry rearing, what do you reccomend for a filter? Would a simple sponge filter be adequate? I hate the power filters because they suck the fry up. The Lab tech at our school uses sponge filters in his 20 gals so I guess it would work.

Thanks folks!
Jessi

 

[sieski]

Well, I went into our pet store today (I actually worked there for a couple years) and lo and behold, they had two 5 gallon tanks, lightly used, on for 30 bucks, so I grabbed one I also bought two live plants. I can get a filter and heater for it cheaper at walmart (I hate to do it, I would much rather support the lfs but they carry the same name brand stuff for like half the price There are some things the pet store that I always buy there... for everything else, there's walley-world.

So I will set this 5 gal up tomorow and start cycling it. For fry rearing, what do you reccomend for a filter? Would a simple sponge filter be adequate? I hate the power filters because they suck the fry up. The Lab tech at our school uses sponge filters in his 20 gals so I guess it would work.

Thanks folks!
Jessi[/Q]
i use a fluval 1 filter and tie a bit of spare filter sponge around the intake till they are half inch long then they are usually strong enough to keep away what filter are you using now?

 

[jessibell]

The filter in my ten gallon is an aquatech 5-15 power filter. It does a great job in the ten gallon - it has a biological filter media section which I never change and I have always had great readings from it. Maybe I should just get another one and do what you said with the sponge. I've done the same thing on my little tank - but its just a tiny little filter powered by air bubbles. I was just wondering if the current would be a little too strong for the fry?

 

[bigfish93]

the bigger the tank the better

 

[sieski]

The filter in my ten gallon is an aquatech 5-15 power filter. It does a great job in the ten gallon - it has a biological filter media section which I never change and I have always had great readings from it. Maybe I should just get another one and do what you said with the sponge. I've done the same thing on my little tank - but its just a tiny little filter powered by air bubbles. I was just wondering if the current would be a little too strong for the fry?

another aqua tech filter will be fine with a bit of sponge on the intake.