Recent content by Relic1882

Quick question. For some reason my 29 gal ammonia level seems to be dropping slowly but the nitrites and nitrates are not building up at all. If I add a bacteria from my lfs, can I help speed this up? It's been almost a month and nothing yet. No fish in the tank. I want my biofiltration to be...

btw, my angel's stripes are coming in a little darker each day, so I guess he's getting happier too.

There's nothing in the tank taht would swing the pH from what I am aware of. I use rocks from the pet store for decor, and sand for substrate. I have a couple curly mondo grasses and a couple of dwarf hairgrasses. The ammonia is currently still very low and actually today the water is better...

I'm trying to get the pH up because it keeps dropping to 6.0 after it's in the tank for a few days. It comes out of the tap 6.8 but I'm assuming the buffer capacity is bad and that's why it swings so fast.

Would the bio filtration bacteria have died within such a short period? It was only probably 4 days before I put these new little guys in there. Other than that, the pH buffer that I'm using doesn't change the pH level. It just increases the buffer capacity so that my ph is more stable. My tap...

I have a 29 gallon freshwater. Currently I'm pretty sure I'm going through a mini-cycle or something but I wanted to confirm the cloudyness. As some may know all of my cichlids died from an unknown disease, so I am redoing the tank a little bit. I have a biowheel that should have had my...

Hello. I bought 2 angelfish today and I just want to know if there is any particular reason that their stripes are darker. They are deep angel fish that are plain with the grayish black stripes, but in the past 6 hours the stripes are much darker than before. When they were at the lfs the...

Hello. As some people know who've read my other posts I recently developed an empty 29 gal tank. When it's all done cycling again, I want to get maybe 2 fish that will grow nice and big to take up room in it. I don't want to crowd it and I want to keep it simple. I thought of getting a couple...

Hello. I'm pretty new to planted tanks altogether. I have a 24" SunGlo tube for lightning. I have a few Brazilian Swords planted in sand that's probably 4" or so in the rear and sloping downward to about 2" in the front. I recently had a problem with all of my fish dying in a very short time. I...

Thanks a lot for all of your help. I appreciate it. The tank ammonia is still at 1 so I'm just going to let it cycle for now and not worry about any fish. One final question while I'm on the subject. Maybe I should check the other forums. My swords are getting pale and translucent. Is there...

Ok. Sounds fine to me. One final question. I'm moving in a little less than 2 months. I'm going to let it cycle and I should be able to keep my biowheels, filters and some rocks in some tank water when I move, and it shouldn't affect the bio-filtration much when I set it up again right? Another...

Thanks for all of your help. :) I checked my levels again just now and they are the same. 1.0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrates and 0 nitrites. I haven't done a water change since yesterday afternoon. Everything's the same. Water is a little hazy, white fuzz growning on a couple rocks. As far as the Amequel I...

Well that's no good! I don't want to wait for a recycle. I'll keep an eye on my parameters and keep you posted. If that's the case, then would I get away with using any store-bought bacteria to get a better start? I saw one called Cycle, and it claims(probably like all of them) that you can add...

I'm sorry to hear what you're going through on your 150gal as well. I wish you luck with that. As far as my water changes, once a week I try to do a 25% change. Don't get me wrong, I get busy sometimes so I wait longer. As far as my cartiges go, I use filter fiber behind them and I usually...

I'm sorry to hear what you're going through on your 150gal as well. I wish you luck with that. As far as my water changes, once a week I try to do a 25% change. Don't get me wrong, I get busy sometimes so I wait longer. As far as my cartiges go, I use filter fiber behind them and I usually...