Recent content by DBrossman

I was thinking about either the de-nitrate, or the chemical resin compounds that you put into your tank. I don't want to mess around with the additives. I recently bought some test strips, and while I know they are not that accurate, they showed little to no nitrates in the water. I talked to...

Planted tank I have bamboo, several amazon swords, several anubias, a narrow blade grass, and a medium sized red leaf plant in the tank, all of which are growing great and I have CO2 in the tank. I only have 2 african cichlids and one pleco.

Nitrates in water It is city water, I have heard that the city was working on the water supply because of the water quality. I just don't know how long that could take. If I don't do anything, the water won't change for several months, conversely, if I was to do something in the next few...

We moved in the last couple of months and since we moved, I have had an issue with the Nitrate levels in my planted tank. I know in the past to remove nitrates I have always done water changes. The problem I encounter now, is that my water supply is running at about 20ppm. I have found several...

Hello all, I'm wondering if you all could give me a little insight from experience. I am looking to upgrade my tank size because my fish are out-growing their home. I have a 20 gal. long and am looking to upgrade to a 55 or 75. My main concern is the overall weight of the whole setup. The 55...

So we are moving to a new house and I was wondering what everyone recommended was the best way to move my tank? Should I take out all of the water and put the fish into a 5 Gallon bucket and move that way? Or should I just take out all but a couple inches of water and move the tank that way?

I recently purchased a marginally larger tank and was wondering if I needed to cycle the new tank or if I could just transfer everything to the old tank to the new tank and add new water. I can't see any reason as to why i would need to cycle the new tank. Seems to me like it would already be...

I could not reuse any media because the two filters used different media. Thank you for your help. Next time I need to change out a filter, I will definitely use the two filters for a while.

So I recently replaced my whisper10i filter with a fluval u2 because I was having issues with not getting the correct filtration. My nitrites have been reading high with the 10i and lost some fish. Now the fluval reads no ammonia in the tank but the nitrites are high, and some nitrates. I just...

I dont know much about acrylic just yet. However I would check diyfishkeepers.com forum and the site owner's username is uraujoey. He would be your best bet for acrylic knowledge that I know if. Good luck!

Right now the flow is being driven by the air line.

I made a couple of the filters using a Smart Water bottle that I cut to about 5 inches in length. I am not too sure if the water is flowing through the filter like i would like it to. I am thinking about making a couple of changes to increase the flow.

I have completed building my own filter out of a bottle and soda straw segments and sponge. I think it will work almost as well as K1. I am excited to give a test run here in a little bit to see if it will work. I am thinking of making a how to, let me know if you are interested. Thanks everybody.

Sorry I am fairly new to fishkeeping, so I cant help you. I have the same issue with my female black mollie. The male seems to be doing just fine. My other fish are just fine too. I have noticed that my nitrites and nitrates were kind of high. I have done pwc's at least 50% yesterday and today...

In my 10 gallon I am using a Tetra 10 to 30i in tank filter. Should I get a different filter or is that good enough?