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One other question. I'm doing weekly 25% water changes and clearning the gravel then too. Do you vacuum the entire tank each week?

Appreciate that... I do the same...

I have a 55 galloon tank with a number of fake plants and other ornaments for the fish to swim around and hide in. I've seen other pictures of other AMAZINGLY decorated tanks... multiple plants, rocks, driftwood,,,, What do you do with your weekly water changes when you vacuum the bottom? Do...

Great advice as always.... THANKS for the help!

Quick question - What is everyone's preference between flakes or pellets? I'm assuming the pellets are cleaner. Just restarted my 55 gallon. Have 6 Tiger barbs and two Cory's in the tank right now just to get going. Plan on adding more fish next weekend. Did a fishless cycle. Am trying...

I will do that!! Tested the water this morning. Ammonia is down to 2.0 ppm. So I'm HOPING it's starting to cycle...

Thanks for the quick reply and the nice welcome! Unfortunately that ammonia is from my tank when I had my Oscar in there. I didn't add any. Not sure if it spiked when he died and was in the tank overnight. Or frankly it could have been my neglect since I hadn't done a water test in a while...

VERY helpful... THANKS!!

Thanks manbeast. One question - What kind of material would you keep in the canister filter? Not the blue filter sleeve, but the media container?

Greetings! First of all, I'm loving this website. It has been incredibly helpful... Here's my questions - I'm trying to understand the correct way to replace, clean, reuse my filter material. I have two filters - a Magnum 350 Canister and a Penguin 350 Bio-wheel HOF. Can someone walk me...

Greetings! I am VERY excited to have found this site. We're getting over 5 more inches of snow up here in the Northeast. I hope everyone else is a lot warmer and with less snow:) I was asked to introduce myself and my interests in joining. I have owned an 55 gallon tank (see added photo)...