Recent content by psari

Thank you very much! I think my tank may be in better shape lately. I actually realized a ridiculous mistake I was making that occasionally resulted in off readings: I wasn't cleaning my test tubes well. After a week of good readings I suddenly got a weird green on my ammonia test, but the badge...

I just ordered th ammonia alert. Thank you. I had no idea those existed. I'll add the stresszyme today, and will keep it up. I've actually had trouble finding advice from people with these tanks. It seems like people who are serious about aquariums avoid them so completely that most advice is...

Thank you very much for your thoughtful reply. There is indeed a sponge-like filter inside the filter cartridge and a layer of carbon underneath. The manufacturer recommends changing every 4-6 weeks. The tank is incredibly hard to clean, but I've done it so much lately that I assumed it was...

I bought an 8 gallon biorb cube for my daughter at Christmas (not knowing that people generally dislike them) and added one betta and a snail. I read up on cycling and thought my tank was cycled by mid February. Then at the end of April my ammonia starting spiking, a lot. Soon it was going from...