Recent content by DiscusThis

Does running carbon in my filter affect the cycle. I have done 2 50% water changes in 2 days and I'm doing my third now. No sight of nitrites still ammonia creeping up everyday. Water bill gonna be high this month hahaha

So I guess I'm just curious if my tank parameters are on par for week 2. Should my levels be higher for week 2? Should there be aeration to help. Just wanna make sure that the cycle is indeed cycling.

Ok so I have a 75 gallon tank started. Temp is at 82.4, PH 6.8, ammonia 1.0 ppm, 0 nitrite, 0 nitrates. There are 5 blue flame tetras and 3 loaches. I have been using Amquel plus to neutralize the ammonia. There are 10 live plants in the tank. Is this ammonia reading normal for week 2? I know I...

Did you raise them from juveniles or did you buy them as adults. I have been reading a great deal about these guys and I know I don't want to tackle planted tanks and discus at the same time. Plus my tank isn't completely ready. Hopefully the drift wood from manzanita driftwood turns out well. I...

I will have to look into the ferts you are referring to. I think I am going to wait a little while. I have a piece of driftwood coming from manzanita driftwood and I wanna make sure everything fits. I hope "one day" to have some discus in there. I want to make sure to get this plant thing down...

My nitrates are between 0-5 as I just started the tank. The LFS I bought them from had them in a tank. So they weren't grown out of water or at least not when I bought them. I have been supplementing with the ferts I mentioned. The leaves aren't all the way yellow just the the tips. Hopefully...

Hi everyone. I just started a 75 gallon lightly planted aquarium. I bought 2 melon swords, 2 wisteria, 3 amazon swords, and 3 chain swords. They are planted in sand and when I planted them I put root tabs beside each root system in the sand. I am running a zoo med t5ho fixture about 3'' off of...