Recent content by Arcadia

I was thinking of setting up a small air-pump to my 55 gallon tank. I don't know anything about them, other than the fact that they bring bubbles up in the aquarium. I guess I heard it is good with air for fish. What do I need to get to make one work? And what ideas, or things have you tried, or...

checked my levels again today 0 ammonia 0 nitrites 5.0 nitrates what level of nitrates will I need to make sure the cycle is finished? It was kind of between 5.0 and 10

I have some live plants in the tank some horn wort and also some money wort (I think thats what it is called), also I have two other kinds, not sure what they are. My ammonia was up to 2 and got it down, and then one day it was 0 and it has been 0 for 3 days now. 2 black thin pads, and also a...

yes I had ammonia in there that was at 2.0 and had to do some water changes. I also have 9 fish in there too. So I don't know...... I bought the drops today for the nitrates and nitrites. I had drops for ammonia already. I threw away the strips. My husband put a used filter or something in from...

I am confused, I have my ammonia and nitrites at 0 and my nitrates at .25 Am I cycled? I have been doing a lot of 50% water changes over the past week. It's only been two weeks, that doesn't seem right..... Or did i start the cycle over again.

Well one of my fish ended up dying, a few hours ago. :( I checked the nitrites and they were below .25 I had to have my husband flush him down the toilet. I didn't have the heart to. I don't know how he could have died all the other fish seemed fine, and my tests didn't look bad at all. I check...

Capella no you are fine :) I am actually glad you brought that subject up about the water changes. I have just been kind of freaked out about the levels in my tank. I checked again this morning and my ammonia levels are still at 0. I have those little strips for the nitrites. I am thinking i am...

Thanks for the kind welcome and helpfulness! I have been so stressed out, about this whole cycle thing. I keep going by my fish tank and staring into the tank and wondering if my fish are stressed, and if I will start seeing bodies floating to the top of the water. I am going to keep up the 50%...

So I went and got a 55 g tank from petsmart and put the water in when i got home and then put fish in. No one told me anything about cycling water, the guy at petsmart said I could put them in right away. So I did, and decided to do some reading on keeping a fish tank online. Well come to find...