Recent content by Kennyyoli

Well. I nuked the tank, and I'm just going to start over from scratch at this point. Gonna cycle with some feeders and One and Only, like Idid way back when I started the tank. I really thought I'd be able to just replace the filter, go through a mini-cycle, and move on. :/

Well, I tried doing a 50% water change with the filter running. Before the water change, 0 nitrites & 0 ammonia. After 1 hour. 0 ammonia and somewhere between .50ppm and 1ppm nitrites. ph of my tap is 7.4, and as soon as I put it in the aquarium, it drops to around 6.4 to 6.8. I know this is a...

My tap water has no nitrites, and I am treating with Amquel Plus when I do water changes. I've taken samples and tested and gotten 0ppm, so I've eliminated that as a source of the problem.

It's just you would expect a water change to lower your nitrites, not increase them, or cause a spike. Those feeders were acclimated pretty well, and returned to normal as soon as I got them out of the tank and the spike, so .50ppm seemed pretty significant to them? I thought any amount of...

Just Amquel Plus out of the tap. I have taken samples of my treated tap water and tested those... 0 ppm. Taken everything out of the tank and changed out the substrate. Eliminated everything I was suspicious of causing it. I've decided my next test will be trying a water change without turning...

OK, so this is going to be a long one... This all started a month and a half ago. 29 gallon, 4 year old cycled tank had a filter that failed. It was a Fluvial 106 canister that had been on the tank 2 of the 4 years. We were away when it failed, and the person feeding "didn't notice" the filter...

I have a 29 gal gravel bottom tank that has been stocked and cycled for 2 years. A week ago, my Fluval 205 Canister I had on that tank had a complete failure. Motor area was smoking hot, and after cooling down, it wouldn't come on. I went to try and find a duplicate filter, and couldn't find one...

I just purchased the Aqueon LED kit at Petco here in California. They also stock the replacement LED tubes.

I have the same issue with my tap water. Out of the faucet I am 30 Ppm (could be a bit more or less- the red shading is hard to discern) I have just kept up with my water changes and added 3 Amazon Swords to my tank and it has held pretty steady. Doing 30% water changes once a week, treating the...

Thanks everyone for the info. I was a bit surprised to hear the poor review of the C4 though. I researched it pretty thoroughly and the only bad things I had read were about noise. I did the lubrication and teflon on the impeller fix and mine is as quiet as the Aqua Clear 20. I hope it will be...

I have a Fluval C4 that is replacing an Aquaclear 30 that will be stepping down to a quarantine tank. I had been running foam and bio-max only in the 30, so I just robbed one of the bio-max bags and put it inside the charcoal basket of the C4. I am going to run both filters until the C4 gets...

It's a 29 gal tank, so would that be big enough for 8 tiger barbs? I also had been told that a loach would be a good tank mate, but I read that they need a much bigger tank than 29 gal.

Forgot to mention that we do have 3 Amazon Swords planted in the tank already, if that makes any difference. Thanks again :)

OK, so I have been at 0 Ammonia and 0 Nitrites for a few days. The tank is currently hosting 2 comets that my daughter won at her bible school carnival that will be leaving in a couple of days to a friend of ours. They did help us cycle the tank though, so that was OK. After a trip to the lfs...

After doing the bucket shuffle for awhile, I was finally able to purchase one of the Aqueon Water Changers and I am really happy with how easy it makes the water changes. My question is this; I had read somewhere that chlorinated tap water can kill beneficial bacteria on contact. I turn off the...