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Something strange is going on fish deaths now Woke up this morning to some very sick fish, one has since died and some others probably won't survive the night. It started with my wcmm and moved on to my guppies. I removed the sick fish to a container I had to use as a hospital tank and filled...

Hi all.... just wondering if anyone has seen this phenomena. I have a 26 gallon tank, 4 months old, cycled with consistent water quality readings of 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and <5 nitrates. I do weekly water changes of about 50 to 60%. The stock is: 10 neon tetras 7 white cloud minnows 3...

Hi everyone... I have a new 20 gallon Marineland tank which is currently under going fishless cycling. The price of large ornaments in this neck of the woods is outrageous so I've been thinking of adding some rocks that I can collect on a nearby beach. I wondering what the weight limitations...

Hey everyone... I'm thinking about adding some platies to my stock but I don't want them breeding. Can I keep all males or will that cause a problem? How about all females? thanks for any help charlie

Thanks guys for the replies... I was not aware of the ammonia nitrite ratio so thanks for that Caliban07, interesting bit of information. And thanks too, ScotJudd, I would have been waiting along time for the nitrites to come down, hey. Ok so I drained the tank about 90% and got the...

Hey everyone... I'm 6 weeks into a fishless cycle. I started dosing with 4ppm ammonia and within 2 weeks this began to drop, shortly after nitrites appeared and not long after nitrates appeared. 4 weeks later and nitrites are off the chart high, nitrates are about 40ppm. The nitrites have been...

Hi all... I'm doing a fishless cycle on a 10gal that I plan to use as a QT. It's been up and running for 4 weeks. I started dosing to 4ppm ammonia and after 2 weeks it started to decline and nitrites appeared. After another few days nitrates started appearing. I've continued to dose with...

Yeah... that's what I figured too. Thanks

Hey guys... I just added a bag of Purigen and some Matrix to my Fluval C3 HOB. Also crammed some into a small in tank filter on a 10 gallon that I have earmarked for a betta when it finishes cycling. I have a bunch of matrix left over, I was wondering can I just add it to the substrate, just...

Thanks.... yeah there is some dust in the Matrix. I figured as much with the Purigen but wanted to make sure.

Hey.... just picked up some Seachem matrix to put in my filter. Do I need to rinse it before use? Will tap water do? Also got a bag of Purigen, do I need to rinse that? charlie

Hey people.... I have a decoration in my tank, it looks like a rock formation and is made out of plastic or resin or something similar. It's hollow and in order to get it to sit on the bottom, not float up, I have to invert it let it fill with water and then put it in place. I got to wondering...

Seachems FAQ Here's the link Seachem. Prime FAQ check question 2

Hi all.... I was just reading the faq on Prime at Seachem's site and came across this. "A salicylate based kit can be used, but with caution. Under the conditions of a salicylate kit the ammonia-Prime complex will be broken down eventually giving a false reading of ammonia (same as with other...

Thanks for the reply. Do you mean .1ml/gal? If it's 1ml/gal then that would be 3ml for the 12 liters not .3ml