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The filters were cleaned by rinsing them out. I replaced the charcoal with new. There was still be some life in the sponges but I doubt it since I did 100% water changes around 5 times with cold tap water. I wanted to kill all the algae and bad bacteria. I can wait since I'm going on vac...

Isnt 4-6 weeks what is needed to cycle a new tank? Most likely Americans.

yes. and havent really decided yet. I just did it a few days ago. i added some fish food for ammonia source. Its still needs to go through 6 weeks.

I've had this tank for around 15 years. It was a fully planted tank and ran well for the first couple of years until I lost control of it due to black hair algae. I battled it but lost. All the plants eventually died. I continued to battle the black hair algae but on a lower level. 7 years...

well the algae is slowly breaking off. probably have 40% left. So far what i've done: lighting to 12 hours 9 @ 40watts and 3 @120 (part of 12 hours). Cleaned out both fluval 204 and aquaclear 300. fluval 204 was had somewhat restricted due to clogging of plants.. So I raised the intake to...

'Actually you want about 2 Liters per gallon' sorry i don't understand this line. I pulled out the measuring tape and calculator. With 4" of gravel at the bottom of the tank the actual volume water is 40G or 153L using the outside tank measurements so its abit less than that. 1 us Gal is...

Yes its the Red Sea. So right now it has the 1 Litre container it came with. If I T another 2L container I should be good??? (on the c02 anyways) You mentioned a couple of gallons but that converts to around 7L - which seems like alot on a 55G. Right now the co2 is coming out every 10...

I went into big als to get the Florish products but the lfs guys were blocking the stand. They asked if they could help so I asked them about flourish products. That I needed Flourish Nitrogen. They pointed it out since it was behind them. I grabbed the bottle and then i got questioned...

thanks for all the great advice. I went to big als to get the suppliments to get things happening again. The guy at big als talked me into not using the flourish products. He said to use brine shrimp to to get the nitrates back up by naturally re-cylcing the tank. And to get the the c02...

ok so if I get some flourish nitrogen to bring up my nitrate level. And some Flourish Potassium. Possilbe for now lower my light to 40watts but add longer duration.. maybe to 12 hours would help my situation for the short term? I've been reading and reading so its abit confusing.

Thanks for the response. Thanks i have been going through the stickies. Lots to learn after having fish and plants for years. I did have the lighting at 12 hours and the plants were over whelming.. From top to bottom. I guess my mistake why cutting the time in half. I will up it to 8-9...

I not sure what the AP test kit is but I have the Hagon Nutrafin test kits. I thought 5 since its a lightish pink. i test it on a starter tank before and it was clear. I'm getting light pink on both my tanks and the 110g large chichlid tank (not planted) and they are both quite successful...

Thanks for the link. I tested the nitrate and its 5 according to the chart which is where its supposed to be. Iamb trying the hydrogen peroxide according to the link. I am going to try a real small dose. under 20ml. I do see some results already happening on the one side of the tank. Some...

thanks for the help. I'll check nitrates when I get the kit back and thanks for the link

in that case. Its never been dosed. How can the BBA be removed. Is there something I can pickup from Big Als. Or am I going to have to manually remove them. I dont have actual test numbers. I went by the charts and the results were good acording to the color chart. I dont have my testing...

ok I'll answer those questions to the best of my knowledge also the algae isnt easily removed. I had to cut some of it out before. They are almost like roots. So I would say its the BBA. Thanks for your help. I also have about 4 inches of gravel on the bottom for plants to root in...

I can try the water changes more frequently. But here are some pictures. http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/xtwister/IMG_0734.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/xtwister/IMG_0733.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/xtwister/IMG_0732.jpg...

I have two tanks, 1 30G with 1 live plant rest fake with tetras,pleco,barbs which has been running quite smoothly for years. The 2nd tank 55 gallon with live plants also with smaller fish and a 7 inch pleco (i know they arent good to in there but he's been good) But the plants are getting...

a good tv stand works well too. sturdy too. and you can store your fish supplies in the cabinet too.

i didnt notice till after i posted that you started another thread earlier. i read that you cleaned your tank after ick. How well did you clean it? too well? You might have killed the bacteria. I got ick and fungi when I first started. i bought a bad fish and kill them and my good ones...

what are your water readings if you lost that many fish? do you have ick or fungi in the tank? how often do you do water changes?