Recent content by Jferrante

Well the Ammonia reading tends to often read 0.25ppm despite being 0.0ppm but this is quite clear. The ammonia test spikes the PH to figure out the ammonia level and with Prime and many other dechlorinators this tends to cause a re-release of ammonium when this happens and the test reads both...

I don't mean cycling but when a tank would be considered set well enough for more slightly more sensitive fish. I feel there is a long cycle a tank can go through where it's conditions evolve based on it's contents after establishing the bacteria. Where it becomes conditioned to the plants and...

could get a really small cheap pump from Home depot/lowes/hardware store they usually have for ponds and connect it to the bottom end of the python and drain buckets that way. That's what I plan on doing anyways once I get over there. City water has the chlorine and chloramines, it's easier to...

I've had 11 rummy nose tetras in the tank and 5 Peppered Cories (3 of which where visibly different in appearance and more colorful than the bigger two) One rummy nose I think got accidentally crushed when moving around this big fake wood decoration since I found him the next day under one of...

haha well obviously, I was just saying I had it on hand. Ich is a parasite... Furan 2 is for bacteria.. For what kind of bacteria I do not know since most seem to be labeled for general infections since it's hard to tell many times. But one of my LFS once recommended it for a nasty case of...

What kind of medications would your recommend to have on hand? If any would kill of media I just remove the media and run the filter with just floss and sponges in the canister till it clears up? or would that defeat the purpose since they are probably on the filter media... Ich I understand is...

it's not a zombie lol it definitely didn't die but you should probably keep an eye on it for while hopefully it doesn't have any broken bones and starts to recover and become relaxed. the lack of color probably has to do with all the stress it's been through. During the next few weeks are...

well this is where for me this becomes complicated. I have 12 fish in the tank now, 10 rummies nose tetras, 2 peppered Cories. and snails that managed to find there way in. None of which are quarantined. So the chance that trace amounts of dormant ich or bad bacteria are in the tank are...

From my I understanding the PH will drop with continued use of Co2 and rise when oxygen is produced by the plants at night time or by aeration. 7.8 is usually high for what you have but not necessarily bad. In the wild Ph fluctuates a lot, either by season especially when trees shed leaves or...

I know this guy who owns the place seem to know his stuff and may even be extremely cautious about every fine detail in the hobby. But is his fish food any good? his equipment for sale is kind of outdated and he has a small margin of stuff for sale online but the points he makes in his videos is...

Proper Fish Quarantine Slow Acclimation vs Quick-Release Fish Acclimation I found these two links. The guy makes a lot of sense but also does things that seem a bit more difficult or are frustrating to do for most of us. Like my tank is right next to my quarantine tank and I can move my Qt...

Proper Fish Quarantine Slow Acclimation vs Quick-Release Fish Acclimation I found these two links. The guy makes a lot of sense but also does things that seem a bit more difficult or are frustrating to do for most of us. Like my tank is right next to my quarantine tank and I can move my Qt...

I suppose it could be a good thing since it's supposedly a bacterial colony on it. Although I'm not sure what kind of bacteria.. Could be one unrelated to cycling but harmless nonetheless. I have the same thing but only on the suction cups and plastic "driftwood" piece, my real driftwood piece...

I wondered the same thing... During the day it gets bright enough that the fish all know it's day time and some of my low light plants still grew quite a bit. At least they grew pretty well before I managed to buy the light. The others I'm not sure if they grew or just adjusted and stayed...

Thank you thats a lot of good information that I was looking for :) I might get some new cory cats to add but since the last batch only 2 of the 5 survived I wanted to take extra precaution. There is 2 of the remaining peppered cories in the main tank now that are doing very well, the other 3...