Recent content by DesertFish

I just can't figure out for the life of me why the diatom explosion. I've been doing PWCs every 2 days this week and not doing any good. Gonna start leaving the light off all day for a week or so and see if there's any change.

Anyone :) Looking for some advice before adding or changing anything with the tank.

I have a 56gal tall (30L x 18W x 24H) tank that is having serious brown algae problems (figuring diatoms) all over everything in the tank including the decorations, plastic plants, inside of the glass, etc. The tank has been up and running for almost 10 months, with the algae problems really...

From what I've read about HLLE it takes a while to develop while this 'damage' seems to have cropped up completely in 1-2 days. I generally inspect all of the fish daily and I never noticed anything out of the ordinary until tonight. It's hard to see in these pics, but in addition to the...

I went to feed my fish tonight and noticed one of my barbs look like he was attacked. I hadn't noticed anything strange before tonight. It's a community tank, 11x Tiger Barbs, 4x Black Mollies, 2x Silver Mollies, 4x Pictus Catfish, 5x Zebra Danios. I've had all of the fish for months and not...

:eek2: We started to assume that it could be from the tablets we bought for the cats. The reason for the sinking bottom-feeder food (it's not algae wafers) is that the Pictus don't come to the surface and eat. They stay at the bottom of the tank constantly (and even hide under the plants...

My wife and I also noticed today that our water is turning a brown tint. I did a ~40% PWC and the water seems much clearer. The only difference in the last week was the addition of the Pictus cats with the accompanying sinking wafers that she has been feeding them. Will algae turn water brown...

I've had by 56 gal tank set up for a few months. Ammonia and Nitrite are 0, Nitrate stays around 10ppm or so. Within the last week or two a film / haze has started building up on the inside of my tank, and I'm trying to figure out what it is. Could it be algae? I'm still a bit of a noob and...

That was an excellent thread and story. Sorry to hear your little guy died :(

Sweet, +1s Thanks for the info I've been using API Stress Coat and I'm worried something is preventing the tank from cycling because it's been 1 month and still no Nitrites have shown themselves. My ammonia hasn't risen above .5 ppm either. Stock is 10 Zebra Danios for cycling. I do ~15%...

Prime says it removes ammonia. Will the conditioners that contain 'ammonia remover' keep the tank from cycling? Seachem's product page says it won't disrupt a cycle, but I don't normally like taking a manufacturer's word for it.

Would someone recommend a widely available water conditioner with no extra additives? It seems that half of them I see have other stuff in them such as ammonia removers (which I don't want since I'm cycling).... Thanks

Glad I asked then. Thanks!! +3

I have a month-old 56 gal tank cycling with some Zebra Danios that I am doing daily 10%-15% water changes on and I started wondering last night... Right now I am adding dechlorinator directly in the tank prior to refilling with my python, but I only add enough dechlorinator for 20 gal, which...

Hi guys. I just started up a new 56g tank last week, doing a cycle WITH fish unfortunately (5 Zebra Danios right now but adding 2 more females today). I lost one on the 2nd night but in the week since everything has been going swimmingly :) Doing 20% PWCs daily. I have some questions and will...