Recent content by zburtle

At the end of this week ill be heading back to school. Unfortunately my 40 gallon and my 30 gallon won't fit in my dorm so I'm leaving them at home. My sister will be feeding them everyday. I don't go to school far from home (about 100 miles) and will be home every 2-3 weeks. The tanks are...

I can happily say that I have 0 ammonia now!

Yeah that's a lot of weight. I think I'm going to take down the 30 and put those fish into the 55. Any tips on that?

I have a 40 gallon breeder and a regular 30 gallon in my upstairs bedroom of an old farm house. It is remodeled so it is not rickety by any means. I'm purchasing a 55 gallon today and I was wondering if there would be any problem putting it in the same room?

So a couple days later everything is going much better. Ammonia has dropped to between .5 and 1 from the 3 or 4 a few days ago. Fish seem very happy now!

I'm looking to buy a larger aquarium (55 or bigger) and I'm wondering where you guys buy your tanks? I've had good luck with my 40B that I bought from Petsmart but I'm looking for a better value.

Here's the carbon bag. Looks pretty bad. Only half the water would go through it

I did a 40% water change, took the carbon bag out, put the HOB back, installed the cartridge filter and added some prime. A few hours later I believe the water is already improving! Finally! I'm going to keep the HOB on there for a couple weeks at least so the cartridge can get some bacteria...

I'm installing a canister filter today so should I just rinse off the sponge and put it in the canister?

The carbon bag and the bio sponge?

How would you go about cleaning the filter?

Think I just solved my own question...

Btw, it seems like a lot of water is running back out near the intake tube of the power filter instead of the outtake.

My gravel is new. Everything in the tank is new. I have about 16 fish in a 40 gallon. I bought a canister filter and it should be here today so hopefully that will help. Should I rinse the 3 weeks old filter cartridge? It does have gunk on it

I'm at my wits end. I've been trying to lower the ammonia for weeks now and nothing seems to help. No matter what I do there seems to always be 4+PPM. I've tested my tap water and it has anywhere from 0 to .25ppm. Even after 50 and even 80% water changes, my ammonia does not budge. I bought two...