Recent content by pdw1731

Bump...really need your help here

Hi all and happy new Year. Tis been a long time since I've posted last. I got a new tank for christmas and it is cycling now and hopefully will be ready in a week or 2 (which is cool because i'm broke now). Anywho, the first question I have is about my cycle (wow that sounds weird) . My ammo...

I just started this hobby back in August and once I got my tank up and running well, I wanted another one. My second tank is where I decided to take the Nestea plunge (am i dating myself or what) and go planted. I admit I was scared to death because I didn't want to 'mess up'. After doing some...

Yep, thats what they were. If my phone wasn't sitting pretty on my charger...AT HOME...i would have snapped a pic.

I thought I found a great non-franchised fish store, Congressional Aquarium, to give my business to. It's an hours drive from my house but it's always been well worth it because of the selection and what nots. However, I took my 14yo daughter out there this weekend to get some fish for her new...

Been using it since day one and never knew there was a difference other than brand preference.

Nope, i did the cleanser stuff. The cleaner is "up" on a shelf and the ammonia is "under" the laundry tub. I retraced my steps and know for certain (especially when my daughter told me I did reach up, not down) that i pulled from the shelf. next time, I'll try turning on a light, mayhaps

Cycling a tank for my daughter and we just started getting trItes real good. Got an near-zero ammo reading with good -trites so we need to redose ammo. Decide to do so before leaving the house for an event so we are kind rushing a bit. Pour the liquid into the dosing cup and into the tank it...

Prime is the weapon of choice:cool:

Well, i finally have a handle on my feeding sched. I alternate 1x/day and 2x/day fedding with a fast on Saturdays. No food out of the ordinary as far as i can remeber (sad i know, i can't remember what i fed them since Sunday....sheesh)

checked pH...holding steady at 7.5 both before and after wc

about 50% every Sunday. I'm doing another on now just to see what happens.

just tetras in my 29g...but i am at adult capacity. But, i may be wrong, but i thought that being at of over capacity would only affect the ammo? My ammo and trites are both at 0. I'm going to monitor this for a few days then move some of my fish to another tank to see what that does. The...

I have fish in the tank buy my tanks been cycled for a couple months now. Mini-cycle? Yep, tested for nitrates, nothing out of the ordinary there. I'm doing another pwc this morning and see what gives. Dunno, maybe it's just on of those "isht happens and there's really no good explanation...

Ello all I did a 50% wc yesterday and , well, had the urge to test my water this morning. My ammo and -trites were both 0 but my -trates were way up there at 40+. I did another pwc tonight and retested the water. maybe it was my light but i swear my reading was actually worse after the wc. I...