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Thanks for the input! Been offline a few days. Well, I got the 2nd filter in and did water changes daily. The first reading was .5 which was great but the next day BAM it was up near 4 again. I did another water change- doing 1/4 water changes. I will continue with it. I do have plenty of...

:thanks: I cut way down on feeding the last two weeks or so- even skipping a day now and then to give them a rest. I cut way down on frozen food too. I only use it once or twice a week, and very little of it. The odd part is that I feed the fish in the other tanks even a little more and...

:thanks: Great line of questions! Here is the deal: I did not see a spike for a week after adding the rainbows, but suddenly it did spike, that could be the reason. I did a few 50% water changes at the beginning of this and the next day it seemed to make it go a lot higher, so I decided to...

Not from the tap - all is fine, and I have five other tanks and all is fine in them too. Thanks for the reply- any ideas are helpful at this point. :fish2:

Does Purigen do the same kind of thing as Zeolite? I have considered putting it in as an emergency measure- although that is not what I would normally do in a cycling tank. Unfortunately I have no other place to put the fish while I deal with the tank, so I am going to have to push forward...

There are times of rough batches of neons for sure. I do know that when neons are sick, the copper helps them a lot- but you might already have copper in your water anyway if they are doing fine from before. What size is your tank though? Adding five fish at once can be a stress in itself...

Hi all, I have a puzzling problem. :confused: I have a 36 gallon bow front tank which has been set up for three months and for two months was balanced completely. Here are the specs. small school of neons five cherry barbs two bristlenose plecos two boesemani rainbows (emergency transfer...

Need More Info- A Penny For Your Thoughts.... Hi there, As a person who is a neon fanatic, I thought perhaps if we got some more info, it might help. First of all could you possibly list some information? Tank Size Type of water you use (high chlorine or well water for example) Type of...

Hi all, I am relatively new to fishkeeping, but due to a love for research and doing things well, I am going about it the best I can. I am always interested in what info I can glean from others and am looking forward to hanging here! I have six tanks (yes, I have crossed into the dark side) I...