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I am upgrading from a cycled 10 gallon to a 30 gallon. The current filter on the 10 gallon is a Marineland Penguin 100B which is states its for 100 GPH and for use up to 20 gallons. The new filter is the same brand 200B it is 200 GPH and for use up to 50 gallons (according to the manufacturers...

My goldfish was recently moved to a new tank that finished cycling. When he/she was moved, the poop looked fine and totally normal (same color as food being fed, normal size). Last night and today, I noticed it was pooping clear. I would not call it stringy but it certainly is not as thick as it...

I am on day 19 of my fishless cycle on a 10 gallon tank. I used a ton of seeding material and up until now, I have not had a single nitrite reading. 4ppm ammonia was taking about 36 hours to get down to .5-1.0. In the meantime, I had tons of nitrates so I knew I was on the right track despite my...

I am on day 16 of my 10 gallon fishless cycle. I am close to being complete but not quite there because I am not yet processing the ammonia in a 24 hour period. It is more like within 36 hours. Additionally, I have no nitirite readings ever. I guess because of my seeding material, my cycle went...

I am on day 9 of my fishless cycle of my 10 gallon tank. The tank was decently seeded with the sponge filter from an active cycled 5 gallon, about a cup and a half of gravel and all decorative plants and items that were in the 5 gallon. I am a little baffled by my test results thus far and am...

Up until today I have not noticed any issues of foam gathering at the edges of the surface. Over the past 2 days, I have removed crushed coral and left it out completely. I have also done a 25% water change and a 50% water change to try and get my pH levels in a desirable range for the fishless...

I have noticed that my pH has been raising ever so slightly as I go along in my cycle. I started with my water at a ph of 6.4 so I opted to use the crushed coral in a media bag to get the levels to a more desirable level for the bacteria. My test this evening showed that the pH has reached 8.0...

I was browsing the forums earlier and saw a picture of a really nice bubble wall in someones aquarium. They posted the brand of the airstone strip and I went right out and purchased one to replace the crappy PetSmart tube bubble wall I was using that was barely putting out anything. I was not...

I am in the process of moving my 1 comet goldfish from a 5.5 gallon to a temporary 10 gallon home and am part way through my fishless cycle. I realized today that the gravel I have placed in the 10 gallon has larger stones than that of the 5.5 gallon. My question is, the goldfish has always...

Hello all. I am new to these forums which I discovered while researching fishless cycling. I am not a new aquarium owner. I grew up maintaining my own tank but even so, I knew very little then about what I was doing. As I begin to take over the rearing of my daughters impulse goldfish purchase...

Hello! First let me apologize in advance as I am often long winded. I started a fishless cycle 3 days ago for a new 10 gallon tank. I am trying to create better living conditions for a single goldfish that my daughter decided to buy while in college and was originally living in a bowl. As a poor...