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Well. I nuked the tank, and I'm just going to start over from scratch at this point. Gonna cycle with some feeders and One and Only, like Idid way back when I started the tank. I really thought I'd be able to just replace the filter, go through a mini-cycle, and move on. :/

Well, I tried doing a 50% water change with the filter running. Before the water change, 0 nitrites & 0 ammonia. After 1 hour. 0 ammonia and somewhere between .50ppm and 1ppm nitrites. ph of my tap is 7.4, and as soon as I put it in the aquarium, it drops to around 6.4 to 6.8. I know this is a...

My tap water has no nitrites, and I am treating with Amquel Plus when I do water changes. I've taken samples and tested and gotten 0ppm, so I've eliminated that as a source of the problem.

It's just you would expect a water change to lower your nitrites, not increase them, or cause a spike. Those feeders were acclimated pretty well, and returned to normal as soon as I got them out of the tank and the spike, so .50ppm seemed pretty significant to them? I thought any amount of...

Just Amquel Plus out of the tap. I have taken samples of my treated tap water and tested those... 0 ppm. Taken everything out of the tank and changed out the substrate. Eliminated everything I was suspicious of causing it. I've decided my next test will be trying a water change without turning...

OK, so this is going to be a long one... This all started a month and a half ago. 29 gallon, 4 year old cycled tank had a filter that failed. It was a Fluvial 106 canister that had been on the tank 2 of the 4 years. We were away when it failed, and the person feeding "didn't notice" the filter...

I have a 29 gal gravel bottom tank that has been stocked and cycled for 2 years. A week ago, my Fluval 205 Canister I had on that tank had a complete failure. Motor area was smoking hot, and after cooling down, it wouldn't come on. I went to try and find a duplicate filter, and couldn't find one...

I just purchased the Aqueon LED kit at Petco here in California. They also stock the replacement LED tubes.

I have the same issue with my tap water. Out of the faucet I am 30 Ppm (could be a bit more or less- the red shading is hard to discern) I have just kept up with my water changes and added 3 Amazon Swords to my tank and it has held pretty steady. Doing 30% water changes once a week, treating the...

Thanks everyone for the info. I was a bit surprised to hear the poor review of the C4 though. I researched it pretty thoroughly and the only bad things I had read were about noise. I did the lubrication and teflon on the impeller fix and mine is as quiet as the Aqua Clear 20. I hope it will be...

I have a Fluval C4 that is replacing an Aquaclear 30 that will be stepping down to a quarantine tank. I had been running foam and bio-max only in the 30, so I just robbed one of the bio-max bags and put it inside the charcoal basket of the C4. I am going to run both filters until the C4 gets...

It's a 29 gal tank, so would that be big enough for 8 tiger barbs? I also had been told that a loach would be a good tank mate, but I read that they need a much bigger tank than 29 gal.

Forgot to mention that we do have 3 Amazon Swords planted in the tank already, if that makes any difference. Thanks again :)

OK, so I have been at 0 Ammonia and 0 Nitrites for a few days. The tank is currently hosting 2 comets that my daughter won at her bible school carnival that will be leaving in a couple of days to a friend of ours. They did help us cycle the tank though, so that was OK. After a trip to the lfs...

After doing the bucket shuffle for awhile, I was finally able to purchase one of the Aqueon Water Changers and I am really happy with how easy it makes the water changes. My question is this; I had read somewhere that chlorinated tap water can kill beneficial bacteria on contact. I turn off the...

Nitrites spiking in the 29g tank... We are getting closer :)

+1 (although I'm not sure this is the correct way, but it seems to be the easiest)

Has anyone used this and do you have any feedback on it? In his videos he seems knowledgable, etc... http://www.drtimsaquatics.com/

Just started cycling the big tank, so it'll be a bit before we start the search for 'occupants" ...lol Already chose a gravel substrate, just didn't feel comfortable with sand, plus I had some gravel already and I am trying to keep the cost down. Not getting hours at work so we are definitely...

Yes, I have been pretty diligent on that end. Bottle 2 for nitrate test gets shaken for 30 seconds before adding to the test sample, and after adding the whole thing gets 1 minute of shaking, then nothing for 5 minutes, then read. I saw a youtube video from Aquaripure... Looks interesting, but...

OK, So I am starting up the 29 gal, and going to do a fishless cycle, and seeding with a bit of media swiped from my 5 gal tank. I have in the past been using test strips for my water tests, and when I purchased the filter for this tank, I also invested in a API master test kit. I had always...

Yes! I had read that I should probably just ditch the carbon portion of the filtration and go with more bio rings or foam. Off to Petco I go :) Thanks a ton for the reply

My Aqueon filter died on my cycled and running 5 gal tank with our beloved Fred. Going to run down and pick up a new filter. Probably not going with the Aqueon again, but rather a AquaClear 20. (Tired of buying the expensive aqueon elements.) The media is obviously different, so what should my...

OK, so we ended up with a 29 gal, with some gravel and plastic plants and a little house looking thing off of craigslist. No filter or airpump though. Was thinking of an Aquaclear 50 for a filter. Anyone have any input on that system?

Just got done measuring and I think we could handle up to a 25 or 30 gal in out proposed spot. The 5 Gal Fred is in is cycled and doing great. I was planning out doing a fish less cycle with some of the water from a water change of the 5 gal for a bit of a kickstart. Searching around for some...