Recent content by ShanLPardy

Ok, so I have questions about this specifically. Not so much what I have to do, but just to try and understand what's going on. I understand what it means to cycle a tank without fish (essentially getting it ready so it has all the necessary bacteria etc to host the fish). But if there are no...

Ok, thank you very much. Yeah, I normally don't just blindly trust what a seller has to say, just that this seller has a lot of very good reviews, so I thought I could trust them. Another lesson learned, lol. Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure if I'll just remove the driftwood, although it...

I do, actually. After I got the replies to my previous post, I purchased some recommended treatments. My ammonia peaked up pretty high, then slowly sank to where it is now. Ammonia, Nitrate and Nitrate climbed over time, then settled.

Hello all. I'm still in the process of a fishless cycle of a new aquarium, and I've run into a little problem. The water in my aquarium has a yelllowish tinge to it - almost like a very very pale beer. It's crystal clear, just colored. I have 2 pieces of driftwood I bought from an online...

Ah, see, I assumed the ammonia would have been in the quick cycle bottle, seeing it's hype was "everything you need to cycle your tank!" and all that. I used to keep fish a (long long) time ago, and it was pretty much fill the aquarium, let it sit a day or so so the chlorine leaves, then put in...

Ok, so I finally got everything I needed to get my 29G aquarium set up. I put in a layer of Fluval planting Stratum, granule format, for my live plants, covered it with about 2 inches of CaribSea Super Naturals sand. Added the water, set up the filter (AquaClear 30), got it going. I added...

Thank you very much, much appreciated!

Good day! I'm going to be setting up a 30G planted,freshwater cold aquarium with White Cloud Mountain Minnows. I'm trying to read about how to cycle an aquarium online, but I'm getting confusing answers. Some sites say the fish are often used to cycle a tank, so they're ok to just plop in...

Hello everyone. I'm Shannon, and I'm returning to the aquarium hobby after many years absence. I had my first aquarium when I was about 10 years old - then had another at about 25. Finally in a place now that I can afford to get a 30 gallon and all the proper setup, I'm currently in the...