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So I bought a second bag of flourite dark, and I went ahead and bought the T5 Quad 24 light setup for 60 bucks and it has a self timer in it so we will see how it works out. Thanks for all the feedback. I have the C02 toned down quite a bit after my incident. I have it at 1 bubble every 3-4...

Wow this is awesome! Your post answered a lot of my questions that I forgot to ask, good call on the C02, because I noticed when I put it in it lowered my PH and I had to use baking soda from time to time to raise it but using buffers all the time isn't fun. So what T5 setup would you recommend...

So I'm in the process of getting materials for my 30 gallon tall or 29 gallon. I want to make it a planted tank. I already have a small regulated C02 setup, I just need lights and substrate. The tank is 24 x 12 x24. Petsmart has a nice fluval canister filter , (fluval 206) on sale for 116 bucks...

So how long do you run your C02 for ? Should I only run mine like 4-5 hrs throughout the day? Yea man IDK why the moss went up and died and so did a few plants, the temperature has been at 80 the whole time so no temp shock. And just bump my BPS down to 1 BPS, And I have an airstone that runs...

Well right now I have the C02 regulator plugged in with my lights. So they both turn on at 11am and turn off at 9pm. Should I buy a second timer and run the C02 for less time throughout the day ?And Yea I had a drop checker and it was a yellowish green so no good :( . I checked everything last...

Alright guys I think I messed up. So I've had my C02 setup in my tank for about 2 weeks, i had it 2 bubbles per second then 2 nights ago i bumped it up more to 4-5 per second. When I got home today i lost a bunch of fish. So I'm assuming I gassed my fish right ? My ammonia was barely reading the...

My aquascape looks completely different now and I will be posting update pics soon but my question was does anyone know what type of aquarium grass this is ? thanks

So I will be setting up my first C02 setup tomorrow in my tank. I did my research for a week and found out the pros and cons and what to do and what not to do. My build list for this includes AQUATEK CO2 Regulator Mini, a 20oz C02 paintball canister, Fluval CO2 Indicator Kit , AQUATEK CO2-Proof...

Alright It has been awhile since I posted so here is a UPDATE. So I think I found out my issue when my water perimeters were all over the place. I kept using AMMO lock to lower the Ammonia and I think that made it so the ammonia couldn't be transferred into Nitrate and so forth. So I stopped...

I went ahead last night and tossed those big leaf plants and did a 50% water change since I wont be home until monday night. Also that UV sterilizer seem to do its work pretty well. My water now is crystal clear. Should I unplug it for the time being since I dont have much BB ? I read that you...

thats true, maybe ill buy my upgraded filter but when i do i will just transfer the ceramic rings to the new one right ?

Thanks everyone for all the replies ! Unfortunately I will be out of town for the next few days starting tomorrow but when i get back I plan on making some changes. My roomates know nothing about what i would want to be done so i'll spare them the crash course. Fresh 2.0 thank you. Stooker not...

Well now I checked ammonia , nitrate and nitrite. Ammonia went back upto 4 :( , 0 nitrate and 0 nitrite. 2 weeks ago I had nitrate even though the ammonia was high. What i'm doing wrong ? I've been doing 25% water changes and adding water conditioner , ammo lock and stress zyme everytime. so 5...

Yes they were, they had a jello like substance in the container with them. They were in the fish section of petsmart Are they not aquarium safe ? Should I through them out ? The other 2 I got from a more LEGIT pet store locally that I will from now on be getting plants or fish.

Alright thank you! UPDATE: so today i bought a Green killing machine to take care of the bacteria bloom that is currently happening in my tank. Changed 25% of the water. Also I tested the ammonia twice and got .50 which is way better then 4.0 from the other day so what ever happened the ammonia...

So is a bacteria bloom good ? The tank is at 8 weeks now. And no I have a gravel vacuum just haven't used it yet and I should. I took one plant out that was decaying but all the other ones seem to be doing fine and when adding AMMO LOCK it makes the ammonia non toxic right ? But it will still...

So now my test results are 7.1 ph ,7.4 high ph , ammonia went back up to 4 and i have been doing 25% water change every other day and adding AMO LOCK and water conditioner everytime. Nitrate is at 0 and nitrite is at 0. Are those ceramic rings just taking along time for beneficial bacteria to...

So I recently got those ceramic rings to replace my charcoal filter and they seemed to help a little bit with the ammonia. I got the API master test kit and here are my results. PH of 7.2 , High range PH was 7.4 Ammonia is 2 , Nitrite is 0 and Nitrate is almost 5. Any reason why my ammonia has...

ok, well my nitrates was at 40 a week ago then started doing daily water changes and brought it down, sorry its between 0-5 on the color chart for right now. I ordered the API master test kit that comes with everything.

Whisper EX Aquarium Carbon Filter, about 2 weeks old, so i would take that out then add the rings instead ? then i should see my ammonia drop over time ?

cool, well when I do that will that restart my water cycle? Still learning about it and trying to understand it.

So could i still keep my water filter but get those Ceramic rings put them in a net bag then put that in the water filter to replace the charcoal filter ? thank you

Hello everyone! I recently got into this hobby about 2 months ago and it has been a fun learning experience. I have a 20 gallon vertical tank. My tank has 1 apple snail, 2 orange dwarf gouramis, 2 peppered corey catfish, 1 golden plectomus ( I think it is, just hard to tell ) 2 Madagascar...