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I guess one reason other tanks I've set up have gone [seemingly] faster is that I've always done a fish in cycling....even before I knew that's what I was doing. This one started as a no fish cycle simply because I could only afford to buy the decorations and accessories a little at a time. I'm...

Well, the tank has already been running for almost four weeks now (might even be longer, I lose track of time). I've never had a tank run that long before putting fish in, and I've never had a problem. When I was younger, there weren't even all these test kits to check anything. Most of the...

Okay, so I've had a cartridge from an established tank in the filter of the new tank for a few days. The ammonia reading is still between 4.0 and 2.0, with an edge to the higher side. But I decided to try some fish anyway. I bought three young bloodfin tetras (since its tetras I'll be putting in...

Okay, cool. Thanks. I'll do that tomorrow and see how it goes.

I can take one of the old cartridges, but I would have to dump out the carbon inside as that will take the tannins out of the water, and this is a blackwater setup. Will it still work with just the used floss part?

Thanks for the replies. No, I haven't added any ammo. Perameters as of this posting are: PH: around 7.2 Nitrite: 0 ppm Nitrate: between 5.0 ppm and 0 ppm Ammonia: looks to be at 2.0 ppm (if there were a 3.0 on the chart I'd pick that). I added a cup of water from two of my well established...

Hello. Newbie here (to this site, but not to aquariums). I'm in the process of setting up a 75 gallon blackwater tank for tetras and angelfish. I've had it running...no fish....with the sand, gravel and driftwood for about three weeks. I added a couple of plants a week ago, and there's peat in...