Recent content by chrono1081

@Foster Thanks! I'll see if I can find oyster shell and tuffa rock. No place here has crushed coral and the stuff I'm finding online doesn't seem to be real crushed coral but instead stuff with all kinds of additives and things. I really don't know what to buy. @Dotswithchemicals It appeared to...

Hi guys, I have an 8 gallon tank that was cycled and I added fish to it 2 - 3 weeks ago. There were three fancy tail guppies, three ghost shrimp, and a nerite snail. I am now down to two guppies who are both looking as if they won't last the night and a snail who seems to not be healthy either...

Sadly he died :( Ammonia levels were zero, occasionally I get a reading and change the water immediately. Although my tank appeared to be cycled before I added fish (4ppm ammonia added the night before dropped to 0 by the next morning), I don't think it was :/ I lost all three ghost shrimp...

You need to come get bored in my apartment and put one of these in my office :P

Hi guys, I have a fancytail guppy thats acting strange. I'm not sure if he/she is sick or not. He will often just lay on the bottom of the tank, under a piece of fake drift wood. He's not sideways, he's vertical but he just sits there and doesn't move. Recently he took to just sitting right...

Thanks. Those were the ones I already read though :/ I didn't see anything about starting from scratch, most assume some knowledge. I was looking for more something explaining how to purchase equipment, the type of equipment to look for, how to start cycling (that was in the articles), how...

Hi guys, I want to start a reef tank (nothing extravagant, I was looking at one of the Biocubes or piecing together a kit). This would be a project for the future and not even anytime soon. My question is what is everyones favorite (and reliable) getting started articles / books? I've found...

March 30 was the last dosing date, and it dropped to 0 12 hours later. I then added fish the next day.

I started cycling mid february and just added fish about a week ago. Will do. I was scared I was overfeeding because they'd swim to the surface constantly and eat if I sprinkled food. I just added them so I wasn't sure how much to feed them at first and I didn't want to underfeed.

Oh no :/ My understanding was that when I saw ammonia that was freshly added to 4ppm drop to zero consistently within 24 hours each day it was cycled :( Mine did that for about a week before I added fish. Would these mean my cycle is near the end? I'll keep doing water changes if I detect...

Bits of food really. I vacuum out the fish poop. Even though I watch them eat every morsel of food, sometimes I'll still see bits of it on the sand (not sure how since I literally see them eat it all). Theres never a ton of it, but my sand is black so it stands out and if a shrimp doesn't get...

They do have plenty of swimming room. They tend to stay to the front of the tank and rarely go to the back. The bio load seems to be a concern though. My tank was cycled (all ammonia dropped to zero in 24 hours), but every two to three days I'll start to see ammonia readings (not sure if thats...

Oh no! That was my biggest fear :/ :facepalm: The research I did (including on this forum) said that 5 guppies fit in a 10 gallon (so I figured 3 in an 8 gallon was a safe bet) + the shrimp which I read was 10 per gallon (I only got 3, one died), and then a snail. I thought I was ok :/ I plan...

? All the ghost shrimp I've gotten are always clear o_0 Then again sometimes they get whitish before they molt.

Hi guys, I currently have an 8 gallon tank that has 3 fancytail guppies, two ghost shrimp, and a nerite snail. I'm finding that I have to clean the tank a lot more than anticipated, which is fine but I don't like to stress out the fish. Is there a fish I could get that would fit in this...