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I've had a 55 gal tank running now for about a month. While all water parameters have been just fine, the water looks like it has a lot of "dust" now for the past several days. About 1 1/2 wks ago I tried cleaning the filter cartridges (pretty gunky now) by rinsing in old aquarium water, and...

First, a heartfelt thanks to everybody who helped me to cycle my tank, in particular jlk and Librarygirl, without whose help I'd have fallen into various newbie pitfalls and would have become very frustrated with the whole aquarium setup! :thanks: So now that I'm cycled and have fish, some...

Came across this "compatibility calculator" quite by accident this morning. Might be a good place for newbies or others to get a general idea of who gets along with who! Tropical Fish and Aquariums Compatibility by Name

I have a 55 gal kit that came with two 18" 15W bulbs, which I read somewhere is essentially only lighting enough to "see" vs. being in the dark. I'd like to have a few live plants in the tank that have low light requirements, as I plan to keep it low-tech. What kind of lighting should I really...

Looking for folks' favorite LFS in the above mentioned towns and surrounding area. I know of Fins 'N Feathers and another store on Drum Hill in Chelmsford, Northeast Pet in Pelham, Jay's Aquatics in Salem, some other store in Salem on Rt. 38 (Lowell Rd). On Rt 28 near the Salem/Methuen line is...

I started a fishless cycle on my FW 55 gal tank on 1/31. I added in a dechlorinator/dechloraminator called Simple Start on that date and dosed ammonia using calculator on this site to 4.0ppm. Ph was 7.2. Turned thermometer up to 82. There had been no movement in the ammonia reading, so on 2/6 I...

So I'm reading lots of info about fishless cycling and differing opinions about if and how much ammo needs to be added at certain points, etc. and now I'm getting information overload! I started a fishless cycle in my new(bie) 55 gal tank yesterday. Put nearly 10cc ammo and got an initial...