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from what i have gathered from here and another forum, i have come to the conclusion that carbon is not as bad as the article makes it to be. i will continue using carbon in my tank then. thanks for all the good advice on this since i was so confused by this article! also i never took out my...

wow really so it is only active for about a week? what does it do for the tank after the week? it doesn't do anything that the manufacturers say it does?

is this true about activated carbon? fishyou.com aquarium information mainly the part where it says carbon removes all ammonia and therefore beneficial bacteria cannot develop and when the carbon loses its effectiveness ammonia will shoot up? basically creating an uncycled aquarium? i am...

pics of said tank setup? =) *crosses fingers*

ok i gotta ask this even though its the most simplest things. is your tank cycled?

snails they kinda look like the first pic and are small like half a cm. ic so it wont be a problem with my puffer in there

hmm..well they dont look like any of these at all they are small like half a cm to 1 cm

bought some more rummy nose tetra today and the guy gave me about 20 snails. he said its good for the tank. there were alot of snails in all the tanks im not sure what they are but i see them in alot of other LFS tanks as well so im assuming they are pretty common? also my puffer really likes...

ill sign in. im from LA mainly SGV area!

Or what Im asking is which fish is gaining the most popularity in new tanks in recent times?

how would i go about dripping it into he bucket with fish? what intervals should i drip and how much?

thanks for the reply i will try out what out described. one question though. what do you mean by dipping the tank water in the bucket? do you mean pour some tank water in there once the temps are back up? wouldnt that cause a shock in the different temperatures for the fish

im new here and have been getting alot of help with my 40 gal fish tank setup. i have a newly finished cycled tank with fish in there (4 rummy nose tetra, 2 oct catfish, 1 spotted puffer) i was wondering if changing out my tacky pink gravel with aquarium sand would mess up my cycled tank since i...

ok thanks for the advice! i am learning more and more everyday from this place! especially from you two lol

the cleaning catfishes I'm talking about are the octoniclus catfish (the spelling is off). yes i am aware that 4 will eventually get too big and once paired can be very aggressive. i have plans to give 2 off to my cousin once they pair off or get too big. so i would be fine with about 20 tetras...

thanks for the quick reply severum. you seem to always be answering all my questions thanks =). and i believe my tank has finished cycling. tested my water for the past couple of days its only showing nitrates at 20. i will get more rummy nose if other tetras wont school like them. they look...

My question is will rummy nose tetra school with other species of tetra? (ie. cardinal tetra, neon tetra). I ask because i recently bought 4 rummy nose and was wondering if i can mix with other tetras and have them school together.

cycle! im new here too but i agree with asudavew's advice. read about the cycling process it helped me alot

will do severum. thanks for the information your husbands thread was quite informative. so i will change the water more often and keep testing the levels. thanks i just wish i found this website earlier lol

Tank almost done cycling? So i took a handful of rocks from my aunts established fish tank and put them in my tank few days ago and it seems to be working. would it be more effective if i put in in the bio bag of rocks in my filter? also i bought tests with the dropper mothod not strips and...

wow i didnt know puffers were that aggressive. maybe thats why i had 2 of my original 4 catfishes dead. thanks for the information. i might give the puffer away now. ok so i can do a fishless cycle and will get the tests. my aunt has an establihed aquarium with an arowana in it and she said her...

doesnt need to be refrigerated? there is supposedly a new formula that doesnt need to be refridgerated? Instant Ocean - Bio Spira

thanks for the information guys. the problem is that i already have these fish. That being said i cannot perform a fishless cycle. so i will need to buy some more fish to get my tank to fully cycle is this correct? or do i have enough fish fully cycle the tank is the question im looking to get...

Hi. i recently started to understand the process of cycling. Before this i had 2 spotted puffers which i put in right away. I also bought an aquaclear 70 filter. After about a month 1 puffer died. well i took the filter and cleaned out the white filter sponge and also replaced 2nd stage carbon...