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True lol cool, thanks

Ok thank you. Just curious, if and when you do change the filter pad do you lose the ben bacteria in the aquarium? Would you have to cycle your take again, and why do they sell them in mutiple pack if you dont suppose to change them out

my tank is just about cycled, its been almost 2 months. Is it time to change the filter pad? Or should I wait until tank is completely cycled?

Do snails and any other type of freshwater invertabraes need to be acclimated?

Sounds cool, have to look up info on dwarf gourami

I have a 20 long and Im still in the cycling process cycling with 4 danios. Been dwelling on wht type of fish I want to keep. These werent fish I wanted to have in my community at first but now they have grown on me. I was just going to use them for cycling because of their hardiness. With all...

What your definition of well managed?

Ok cool, thanks

Yeah I tested my tap and there were nitrates in it, it might be that the 4 danios arent enough to bio load the tank, should I try adding 2 more or should I leave it at 4 & be patient & ride it out?

I have 4 long fin blue danios in a 20 gal long with quiet flow external filter made for a 30 gal with 200 gph.

Sounds good. Ill make sure I stay on top of things and test my tap.

Do you know anything about the dwarf lily hybrids(ulvaceus)??? I seened they had the buds for sale at walmart. Would you also recommend these?

So do you think im trending more on the down side or up with an ammonia level at .25ppm

And should I expect the ammonia to peak out or get any higher than it is?

Its been almost 2 weeks cycling with fish in and the ammonia has not gone any lower then .25ppm but the good thing I guess is that it hasnt gone any higher neither. Im guessing me doing proper mantienance is preventing higher amm level?When should I expect traces of nitrites?

Ok will do

Hi people, Im still cycling and I tested today for ammonia nitrites nitrates and pH. Ammonia was at .25ppm, no nitrites, but there were traces of nitrates, id say about 3ppm. Anybody know why nitrates before nitrites and is this a problem? pH is still stable at around 7.8-8.

I think I kind of rushed my acclimation on a couple of them as well, whats the proper way to acclimate besides drip acclimating and how long should the process take??

Ok thanks

Yes im doing all the above, I got 2 blue long fin and 2 gold long fin, no trace of nitrites yet in the water...

Hi everyone, I have been cycling my danios in a 20 gal for about 11 days now. I started with 4, and about the 5th day I lost one so I went to by 2 more of the same fish to replace the 1 lost, and just yesterday I lost another so im back at 4. I have been testing daily using the master test kit...

What % of water change should I do for a 0.25ppm reading of ammonia?

Im testing with api master kit with the test tubes,

I just started cycling today with 4 small yellow danios in a 20 gal long. how often should checks on ph be done and what exactly is Ph?? Is it a major issue while cycling? info on this would be helpful

Hi everyone, I was considering an anubias plant in my aquarium. They had one connected to a lava rock at my local petco for sale. My aquarium is new just started fish in cycling and wanted to know is this something good to have in my tank, and how to properly care for it. And also would it be...