Recent content by tielai

Good morning Here's the latest readings! No2 5.0 No.3 20.0 Ph 6.6 Ammo 0 I never bought aragonite or coral because they only sold the big bags off it. 5 lbs bags. So I did a 25% water change and added 30ml of bbacteria, after I took those readings. Many thanks! Tielai

Fishless cycle Good morning Here's the latest readings! No2 5.0 No.3 20.0 Ph 6.6 Ammo 0 I never bought aragonite or coral because they only sold the big bags off it. 5 lbs bags. So I did a 25% water change and added 30ml of bbacteria, after I took those readings. Many thanks! Tielai

good morning! i hope you had a great weekend! i wanted to pass on my latest water readings. Nitrite 0.50 Nitrate 0. PH 6.6 Ammo 2.0 Some movement but real slow moving. I left the tank alone and have not done any water changes, nor did I add any Bbacteria. are we moving in the right...

good morning! i'm going to purchase the prime, ammonia and crushed coral, or argonite, or seashells today. readings today: ph 6.6-8 nitrite 0 nitrate 0 ammo 4.0 then i did a water change. stirred up the substrate, still lots of eggs left over, now they have a fuzz around them. i found out...

Good morning, jlk I opened the api master kit and took readings of tank and tap. i didn't do a water change yet. the readings are as follows: Tank ph 6.0 ammo 2.0 nitrite 0 ppm nitrate 0 ppm Tap ph 7.0 ammo 0 ppm nitrite 0 ppm nitrate 0 ppm so this is what we've got to work with. I believe...

thanks, oranda isn't doing well. he's in a bowl, i change his water daily. he's not eating, or she rather as my wife noticed eggs in the bowl. dumb question; when i purchase the ammonia how much do i put in the tank? what will putting the ammonia in the tank do? i'm guessing it will help...

Good Morning jlk! Well, I have some sad news...though I thought I was going to loose the oranda, when I came home from work I saw, our calico died. There was a thin white film covering the oranda as well. I quarantined the oranda, and a good deal of this white film came off. He's sluggish today...

hi! ph, nitrate, nitrite all at the lowest level on the test strip. i know, i need to get a more reliable test kit. I will test these in the tap this evening as well as purchase, some form of aeration. I use API Stress coat, putting measured amounts into the gallon jugs and buckets i use to...

good morning, jlk! i am continuing two water changes daily, the ammonia isnt under control yet, i hope soon. i added 30ml of bbactieria last night as well. i did notice that my oranda is spending a lot of time at the surface, just hanging there, breathing. he eats a bit. is this a sign of...

check that, i do have the aqueon water changer, siphon reaches my bathtub, but adding water is where buckets would be needed, unless i got the faucet connector/valve.

i will definitely look into it. thanks!

my apologies, my typo. of course i do understand a larger tank would be better. sheesh! my wife did an ammonia reading this morning and it was 0.5-1, i'm buying 5 gallon buckets to make the water changes easier. that's a great idea! testing the tap water for amm, nitrite, nitrate. never...

Good morning! Again, thank you for all the great advice! As I mentioned, I brought two of fish back, I am doing water changes 2x daily 35% and the ammonia reads at 2.0. once they eat, and later in the day it jumps and I do the next change. I added 30ml of bbacteria on saturday adn 20ml on...

Well we returned the moor and the ryukin so now we have two. A responsible solution I hope. Would adding another filter to the tank Be a viable solution? Thank you so much for your help! Tielai

Also just observed as I was doing a water change vacuuming substrate what appears to be dozens of small like eggs.