Recent content by somethingsfishy

Quickly. That's the key. Get ahead of this and it's not a problem. On emit takes hold, your in trouble.

I don't think its harmful. Just watch it and make sure it doesn't start bothering anything.

Fish less cycling prevents fish from exposure to harmful levels of ammonia. Nothing more. I wouldn't add 15 fish at one time to any tank young or old.

I fish less cycled all of my tanks and shocked slowly. Nothing good happens fast.

I've never heard that before. Fish less cycling prevents harm to fish while cycling. However, adding a large bioload will cause another cycle.

Kinda looks like aiptasia. Not a good thing. A better pic would help id it for sure.

I don't think that is hair algae. I've never seen it shoot up in single stalks like that. It usually starts in patches and grows up. Might be spaghetti worms.

1. Yes you should have a cycled qt tank. You can use some media from the dt to seed the qt. 2. Ammo and frites should be little to none. 3. 4 weeks is the minimum I qt as long as there are no signs of parasites/ich 4. That's all I use for my qt tank. 5. If you want carbon. I don't use...

Also 15 fish at one time is going to cause problems. Get two maybe three at a time. Wait a month and do it again.

Quarentine is a great idea. You do not want ich to get Into the main tank

I offered these thinking he needed 1 48@ 500. Everything changed when I realized he needed two @ 450. That's a big difference. Mr. X has a point.

I'm not a fan of chemicals. I had gha and just pulled it off in chunks and put it into another container with water to clean my hands. Did this over the course of a week and it disappeared. Never messed with cyano yet. I agree with Carey that you must find the source of the nutrient problem...

I did not know this. I thought you could mix percs and occs. That's interesting.

Optics direct the light coming out of the led. Higher optics are good to spread light(shallow tanks) and lower optics focus the light(deep tanks). I have the 90 degree optics on my unit at 10" above the water.

Was it dark colored with a redish end?