Recent content by Kaseyk88

That's a good point. I think you may be right.

That's what I'm leaning towards as well. The only thing throwing me off is it's more like a hardy mesh material. It's definitely not foam. It came off some kind of Tetra unit, but I can't find a model number to look it up.

I feel silly, but I really have no idea. If it's bio I'd like to put it in the expansion slot on my bio wheel 200. Edit: It came out of an old filter unit that died.

I did about a 40% water change yesterday. Today (Day 12) my parameters are 0.5 ammonia, 2.0 nitrite, 10 nitrate, 7 ph. It seems like the wc didn't help the nitrites at all. Guess I'm doing another one today :( Are my nitrites SUPPOSED to be this high? And I'm still wondering why I have 2.0...

I've been obsessed with this site:AqAdvisor - Intelligent Freshwater Tropical Fish Aquarium Stocking Calculator and Aquarium Tank/Filter Advisor I've probably run 15 or better different configurations on my 2 cycling tanks. It will tell you if your picks are compatible, how often and how much...

Ok, if anybody is still with me here. Now I'm on day 11. My Ammonia has been a steady 0.5 for 5 days straight. Yesterday my Nitrites were 0.25, and today they are 2.0. My Nitrates are 10, maybe a little higher. I plan to do a water change today since my Nitrites went crazy, but I'm curious...

(See attached pic) I think I'm ok with my stock, but I really wonder about the male betta and the apple snails. I think they'd be to big for him to mess with, but I've seen conflicting ideas. The snails are my favorite part of my tank, so I'd leave out the betta if I had to. I just love the...

Ok, did the 90% water change yesterday afternoon. This morning my tests tell me 0.5 ppm ammonia, 0 ppm nitrites, 0 ppm nitrates, and around 7 ph still. Here's hoping they don't shoot up by tomorrow, and I can get this thing rolling. So my goal at this point is to see some nitrites, right? Then...

Yea, I'm gearing up to do that right now. I haven't yet because I'm afraid if my tank is trying to cyle, I'm just going to halt it by starting over again. I'm going to move the platties over to the little tank so I don't stress them out to bad. I'll update with water levels tomorrow.

There are 2 platties. I'm adding 2 cap fulls of Seachem Stability a day. I've got about 4 more days of that for the recommended 7 days. I started Stability to help with the ammonia, but I'm starting to wonder where the ammonia is coming from in the first place, then maybe I can get it under control.

I realize that it makes no sense for it to be my water supply because my new 10 gallon is doing fine, and the highest it's been so far during the cycle is 0.5 ppm (which is that same as water source). I've been battling the ammonia in this big tank for what seems like ever. Like I mentioned...

I attached a picture of the filter I'm hoping to use. It's just an empty cartridge. I'll have to get a sponge sadly, I don't have one. My fish don't seem stressed as of now, and they're eating normally. I'd move them to the small tank, but it's new and it's cycling as well. No problems with it...

Thank you guys for the replies. Here's another issue I have that I think is contributing to my problem. Using my API Master Test Kit, my tap water has 0.5 PPM Ammonia. I'm afraid that every time I do a water change I'm actually making my ammonia problem worse. I really have no idea what to do...