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Logan from this site recommended at great book to me when I was having live plant problems. It was Aquarium Plant Manual by Ines Scheurmann. I got it for about $5 on the Amazon Marketplace. :D

Because low alkalinity does not mean you will have a acidic pH. For instance my alkalinity is about 5-6 dH, but my pH is about 8.0 or higher. Alkalinity indicates the pH buffering capabilities of your water. Increased alkalinity means it takes more effort to change your pH, but easier to...

You do not want to use Amquel before nor after the fishless cycle because it removes the ammonia that you used for a food source for the bacteria. I wondered why my cycle was taking so long when I used Aquasafe until I read the back of the bottle and it said that it removed ammonia. I bought a...

How far are you moving, if you are moving? Are you going to be transporting the water from your current location to the new location?

Another good option if you cannot locate Bio-Spira or it is too expensive is "fishless cycling." IMHO, it is worth the time to cycle without subjecting your fish or yourself to the stresses of cycling with fish. There is an article on this site and several articles on the internet about this...

I just got around to seeing the IMAX Coral Reef Adventure film. Has anyone else seen it? I was very informative, although I wish they showed more pictures of the reef and less of the people, but I am more of a fish person than people person. The pictures of the dying reef near Fiji were...

My bottle of Aquasafe on the back says that it also reduces ammonia, so it probably will slow down your cycle. I added it to a tank that was in fishless cycle. The tanks ammonia levels stayed high for two weeks with no nitrites. After reading the back of the bottle, I realized my mistake. The...

Is this a live shrimp for keeping or the shrimp to start the "fishless" cycle? Just wondering.

From what I have read, the Labeo bicolor or Red-tailed Black Shark is not from the shark family, despite its name. It is actually from the Cyprinid family. It looks like it got its name because its dorsal fin looks like a shark. It may be quarrelsome. I would worry about putting it with...

A manual syphon that self-starts by pushing it up and down underwater a few times in the aquarium works great! It is much better then trying to submerge the long hose in a small tank or sucking up water.

I added plants during my fishless cycle. It did not appear to hurt it in anyway. Actually, it really helped. My NitrAte reading was about 60 ppm before the NitrItes had peaked. I was already starting to grow a lot of algae. I added some plants which all did very well (almost too well). My...

Are you one of the two who won with Powerball lottery? :?: You could buy a lot of fish with that :!:

In the last 10 years, it would be $0.99 for my zebra danios.

If two people post at the same time the numbers might match. So, you may just want to look at the number of replys or keep track if there are duplicates. Sorry I am a software engineer and deal with this problem all the time. 5

I did a fishless cycle with household ammonia. The Good Value from Walmart works great. It took a month, but I did not have any gravel or filters for seeding. (So, it will take yours a lot shorter to cycle. Diary have 10 - 14 days.) Look under "fishless cycle" under google. There are two...

No, there aren't any white calcerous deposits on my plants. I am planning on adding more danios, cories and some otos or SAEs over the next few months, but I want to get this problem solved before I add any more fish. I will try what Logan and Biggen suggested. Thanks for the prompt advice...

No, I do not have any rocks that would cause the PH to rise. The gravel is the standard aquarium gravel from Petsmart. My PH was stable for a month during the fishless cycle. I do not inject C02 into the water. What would be the best method for injecting C02? I saw postings about the Hagen...

Over the past week, my PH has been slowly creeping upward. My PH on 18 June 2003 started at 8.0. It had been stable for several weeks. Since then, I added 3 zebra danios and my plants have been growing very well. It has been creeping upward about 0.1 per day. On 22 June 2003, I did a 10%...

I am fairly sure it is cycled. The ammonia spiked off the test kit range. Then the nitrites spiked off the test kit range. The nitrates were high for a while, but then they dropped to 5ppm and 0 ppm while the nitrite remained off the chart. Finally, the nitrites have dropped to 0 ppm. Thanks...

I have finished cycling using the fishless cycle method for the last month. The method recommends doing a 50% or greater water change because the nitrates will be high. However, my nitrates are zero due to plants. Should I still do a big water change before I add fish? I am planning on...