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My new 60g tank is mid way through a fishless cycle attempt--ammonia dropping, nitrites rising. Yesterday I purchased 3 little Java Ferns. On a web site it says they will attach and grow on almost anything. It suggested tieing them to a rock or piece of wood, but didn't provide many...

Hi there. I don't mean to be ignorant, hehe. But the title of this thread includes the word 'newbie'. This would describe me as well. So I was wondering what the heck 'HC' is? I'm sure it's something I should be able to figure out, but I'm old and stoopid, and for the life of me I'm unable...

Hi Gingimaru, I had a similar experience yesterday. I received two pieces from petsolutions.com. One large one medium. First of all, both were the same size, so if you order from them get the medium its much cheaper. I kinda felt ripped off. Then, one of them had a hollow cave like area...

Gotcha, thanks!

If you don't mind, calfishguy, could you please elaborate for us noobs? Why would an angel fish not be a wise choice here? It would really help if you don't mind explaing. To the uneducated like myself it seems like a nice angel fish would be good here. Is it just because you don't like...

I've always loved the synodontis genus. Pretty fish :thumb:

Good deal, thanks y'all. That's a definate consensus.

It's been twenty plus years since my last aquarium. I'm just on day 4 of my fishless cycle in my 60 gallon tank. I know I will be doing some water changes soon. And for the life of me I can't remember when to add the dechlorinator. Currently I'm using a 5 gallon bucket--do I hit the bucket...

I'm just now starting to cycle my new (and only) 60 gallon tank. The guy at the LFS sold me 50lbs of nice looking natural gravel. To me it doesn't seem like enough--I've sloped it from back to front so the back has about 1.5 to 2" down to less than 1/2" in the front. I am also an avid scuba...

"so what are you wanting to put in your tank?" Well we have a few weeks while the tank cycles. But when I was at the lfs yesterday I saw a couple of tetras I liked--diamond tetra and serpae tetra were both beautiful and I was thinking about 7 of each if they'd go together ok. I have not...

Hi Heather. I added about 35 ml of 3% ammonia and I'm pretty sure I stuck it right at 4 ppm. My wife and I are divers. We dive almost every weekend either in the local lake or the Savannah river. We also try to take 1 trip a year to the caribbean for a dive vacation. Now, with our new...

I managed a fish store in the 80's while going to college. We sold lots of piranha--mainly to young men that though it would be cool to watch a goldfish get nipped in half. Trust me, they are some of the most boring fish around. And girls don't like them. And they are cowards. Walk near a...

Excellent advice y'all. I just ordered an active filter pad from the AngelsPlus site. It will probably be 3 or 4 days until it gets here. I've also reached 4 - 5 ppm ammonia in the tank so I'm feeling good about this :cool:. I'm really glad I found this site btw. I've got a feeling I'll be...

Nice calculator fishyperson, thanks--just bookemarked it. I found the MSDS for the ammonia I'm using and it has 3%. So according to the calculator I need 37ml which is about the size of the bottle in my test kit. So I'm gonna add quite a bit more.

Well I started with 60 drops and got to about 0.5 ppm. I just added another 60 and will check in a few minutes. The ammonia is Blue Ribbon Clear Ammonia. It doesn't say anwhere on the bottle what %. I'm deternined to hit 4 ppm in the next hour, hehe. Also, I may try the shrimp idea Georgia...

Hi and thanks for the quick replies :flowers: "What ammonia are you using, or should i say, what are you using to add ammonia?" Well that is kinda why I wanted to know the magnitude so I could decide what to use. Reygan clued me in to drop counting so I think I'll try this thing the dentist...

This is my first post here after lurking for a few days. We seem to have a great group of fish folks here. Anyway, after 20 years away from the hobby my wife and I decided to purchase a new 60g tank. We want a nice active community freshwater tank with lots of color. It has been loaded with...