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Yeah the fish do to they've each claimed a house lol

Yes that's what I figured :) suddenly it's not so unsightly lol

Ok here's another question tank is clear , fish are perfect for the last two weeks I'm about 4 nitrates my tank is well stocked , is the brown algae keeping the nitrates in check ?

Got some new landscape stuff and took out all the little sponge on figures and fake plants way to hard to keep clean my Africans love the new design lots of hiding places and tunnels to swim through :)

Thanks guys !!! It is unsightly but the waters crystal clear

Fish are doing great except for some brown algae I can't get rid of

Ok my cichlid tank has been set up now since march 1 , fishless cycled everything is beautiful water crystal clear parameters perfect , still having brown algae issue on everything what's the best way to defeat it ?

Tank doing great !!! Order came in from live fish direct !! Great packaging , great looking fish !

3 days so far and still the same tonight rest of my stock coming in tomorrow from live fish direct !

Ok woke this morning to a healthy happy tank 2nd day with fish , 3rd day with 0 ammonia 0 nitrite and roughly 6 ppm nitrate , the rest of my stock coming from fish direct tomorrow ...... So glad I fishless cycled !

Night night new fish let's see how you do your first night in your new home :)

All seem to be doing great ammonia and nitrite haven't moved from zero and nitrate steady at 10 ppm looking to stock the rest when order comes in from fish direct :)

No didn't have any did use some fritzyme 700 at start i don't really know if it actually helped it along all in all it was still roughly 5 weeks

It was at 160 ppm before water change

I saw the spike 2 days ago when it was 10 ppm , look back on the thread :) , everything went to 0 around 10 with nitrates at 10 , just put a few fish in taking my chances :) seems to be going good so far

Ok no dosing of ammonia yesterday this morning this is what I got ???? Ammonia .25 Nitrite .25 Nitrate 0 Ph 8.2 rock steady I'm at a loss ? Am I cycled now ?

Ok testing tonight Ammonia .25 ugh Nitrite 2ppm double ugh Nitrate between 5 & 10 To dose ammonia or to not dose ???? Let it go overnight and test in morning ?? Any thots would be appreciated I did dose yesterday morning up to 4 ppm

Ok retest Nitrites down to about 1.5 ppm Nitrates up to 10 ppm It's dropping but slow , debating on wether to dose more ammonia or just let it be and retest tonight

Ok 75% water change last night results are better but still not there yet I'm gonna skip the ammonia dose and retest at noon Ph 8.2 steady as a rock Ammonia .25 will I ever see 0 ? Nitrite down from 10 to 3ppm Nitrate down from 160 last nite to 5ppm I hope I'm almost there :) ...

Ok 9:46 less than 12 hours after dosing tank to almost 4 ppm ammonia Ammonia .25 Ph steady at 8.2 Nitrite 10 ppm Nitrates 160 ppm I'm doing a 60% water change and then will check readings in am I hope I'm close

Thanks so much

Oh and as for lighting I have a beams work led light with moon light feature , the lights are only on for 8 hrs per day only for looks obviously tank has no fish .. It's also in a spot where sunlight is not an issue , this is a pic of the brown algae forming I'm assuming once it cycles I can...

I did a 30% change two days ago I also didn't dose ammonia yesterday to see if that would help , this mornings test is as follows .25 ammonia 8.2 ph steady Nitrites 10 ppm Nitrates 40+ ppm I dosed ammonia to bring back up to 2ppm this morning at 10

Hello all I'm new to the forum and have been out of the aquarist trade for 5 or 6 years but getting back into it now . I have set up my dream tank 90 gallon cichlid tank with a DIY 3d ledge background made with styrofoam and dry dock . The tank has a magnum 350 with micron filter and uv...

Hello all I'm new to the forum and have been out of the aquarist trade for 5 or 6 years but getting back into it now . I have set up my dream tank 90 gallon cichlid tank with a DIY 3d ledge background made with styrofoam and dry dock . The tank has a magnum 350 with micron filter and uv...