griff5499
Aquarium Advice Regular
I have a new aquarium. It has been running a little over two weeks. I am supposed to change the filter every month. Will I need to do anything else. Will my filter lose any biological matter? I have a 36 gal tank
Here we go my friend! Alright, you are in the midst of a fish in cycle, first things first, do a 50% water change, wait 30 min and do another one, that amm needs to be .25 ppm or less for the benefit of the fish! Prime is good here to, it will help with the cycle, as far as detoxing amm and trites for a brief period between water changes, I don't have the link but search "fish-in cycle" I'll be here to help you through the whole thing! It's very important we do this right though, the fish shall live!!Just took readings and the ammonia level is 1.0. I used Prime yesterday. Why is my ammonia staying so high? My tank is 36 gal, been running for two weeks and has a carbon filter cartridge. LFS advises not doing a water change yet, but taking out my filter and just using a sponge type filter to catch the debris. They also advised me to use the prime again and test in about a week.
Yep, that's a filter cartridge that utilizes carbon, hence the 2 week replacement recommendation that can be ignored if you don't care about the carbon.
Actual bio media (such as the ceramic tubes, bio wheels, or the little blue plastic grating that Aqueon has in their models) should never be replaced, only rinsed in de-chlorinated water or removed tank water.
Here we go my friend! Alright, you are in the midst of a fish in cycle, first things first, do a 50% water change, wait 30 min and do another one, that amm needs to be .25 ppm or less for the benefit of the fish! Prime is good here to, it will help with the cycle, as far as detoxing amm and trites for a brief period between water changes, I don't have the link but search "fish-in cycle" I'll be here to help you through the whole thing! It's very important we do this right though, the fish shall live!!