Recent content by Jherr

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i just recently got one of these, and let me tell you, it's definately worth the investment.

as long as the lid is secure, you shouldnt have any problems just spraying the glass directly. The little bit of ammonia and other chemicals that linger in the air will most likely dissipate before it ever reaches the water. If you want to play it safe, just do like other suggested and spray...

ive been checking around, and no one seems to have any. Im gonna try some of the smaller LFS later this week. Even Big Als, which had bio spira and all sorts of stuff, didnt have any mts :(

im thinking of buying some on aqua bid, I cant find any lfs that sell them around here.

Well, I have two penguin 150b biowheels on my 29 gal, and all I have for fish are 2 bosemani rainbows, 3 albino cory cats, and a few ghost shrimp, so my bio-load isnt very high, which could be why my nitrate reading isnt either :/ I havent decided on what schooling fish I want to add to the...

Sorry to butt in, but my tank is reading: 0 - Ammonia, 0.25ppm - Nitrite 5.0 - Nitrate I used Bio Spira, does this seem right? I had my Nitrates at 10ppm 2 days ago, now it went down? 8O

the method with the raw shrimp smells, BADLY. Just wanted to throw that in there :?

congrats!

that's pretty much the set-up im going with. I just need to crunch some numbers to see how many of each I can go with on my 29gal

i'd personally fill it up all the way. There's really no way of knowing for sure unless you do that. Make sure to clean it out really well before you use it. You never know what diseases can lay dormant in there 8O

nope not yet. The Bio Spira should get here before the end of the week, and I havent purchased the fish yet. I'll probably go fish shopping this weekend, then Ill add them with the Bio Spira at the same time.

ok, I did a complete water change (was able to use the Python no spill gravel vac I bought yesterday, worked like a charm). Beats having to use buckets, lol. I put some PRIME in the water anyways to condition the tap water. Ill do a water test tommorow to make sure it's good to go.

I bought two 50 lb bags last time just incase. Sand doesnt really go to waste down here, with all the hurricanes and floods :lol:

I've been doing a fishless cycle for a couple of days now with a dead shrimp. Current readings are 2ppm Ammonia, and 0.25ppm Nitrite, 0 nitrate. Unfortunately, the smell is horrendous. The other people in the house are complaining about it, as the tank is set in a pretty central location in my...