Recent content by Alaris

How are they doing?

Thanks! I'm actually having problems feeding him. He won't eat the flakes. He runs toward any food I drop in the tank, takes a look, and then turns away. :( My husband is at the store picking up freeze-dried bloodworms. He's not so active now. He sleeps mostly and his fins look a little ragged.

I assume the betta is for your 5 gal? That's how I'm going to answer these questions. 1. Can I feed them just regular flakes or do I have to get betta food. I'd like to know the answer to this, too. 2. Can I put them in a tank with other fish, if so does it have to be male or female. I have...

Yes I did get him from the back wall, but the water didn't look circulating to me. And the girl there had a net that was bigger than the cube and had to smush him into it. :( Yes all the bettas there looked half dead. :( What else would I have used? :P I wanted a name that dominates, because...

I got Starbuck today from Petsmart. I'm so happy and he's sooooo gorgeous!!

Ah ha ha ha HA! ........ wait a min...... I've heard this one before. http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f23/another-fish-joke-107537.html Nancy's a copycat! Or is it that the neighbor's cat is a copycat? Eh, they're all the same.

Ok. I will dose just half of the ammonia then. My readings since nitrItes fell: 10/11: Ammonia 4.0, NitrItes 5.0+ 10/12: Ammonia 2.0+, NitrItes 5.0 10/13: Ammonia 1.0+, NitrItes 5.0 10/14: Ammonia 0, NitrItes 5.0 ~dosed 4ppm of ammonia 10/15: Ammonia 1.0, NitrItes 5.0 ~dosed 4ppm of ammonia...

Yes do a pwc if ammonia and/or nitrItes are .50ppm or higher. OR you can just add a single dose (for the whole tank) of Prime b/c it locks up .80ppm of ammonia. You should probably start adding nitrAtes to your tank. Apparently there's not enough to go around. You might also need to add other...

I thought I read that I need to dose 4-5ppm to add my full bioload after the cycle. My cycle has already taken a monstrously long time that a few more weeks wouldn't phase me at this point.

1) A 5gal will suffice depending on how many fish you get at a time. I suggest also getting a heater. 2) Yes the tank needs to be cycled. You can either run the 5g filter on the 55g for a couple weeks, or take filter media from the 55g and add it to the 5g's filter. 3) Yes you can have it...

What's the old filter and what's the new filter? Can you cut the media from the old filter and somehow stuff it into the new one? What would be best is to add the old media into the new filter, but need to know what kinds of filters they are.

I don't know if you read this. The Oscar will eat your other fish. Oscar Fish - Astronotus spp. So the Oscar may be ok size-wise for now, but it might eat any fish you add to the tank.

Stand it on the right pointing toward the center. That driftwood placement is awesome! It's like there's stone steps leading up to the archway.

Not sure. There's not a specific time. I saw nitrItes the 4th day of my cycle, but my ammonia didn't go down for a couple weeks. My nitrItes started dropping after 8 weeks. I started with some gravel from an established tank. It's really hard to quantify the cycle. You should see nitrItes...

Yes still dose with ammonia like you would without the filter seed. I would assume you'll see nitrItes pretty fast because the bacteria already exist in the filter pads you gave her. But you have to dose with ammonia or the bacteria will die off.