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The water is still pretty cloudy from wc
New planted tank
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Madgamer87
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They replaced the fish! While i was there I bought a couple more plants
What kinds did you get?
And was the test results your ammonia? and was it before or after a pwc, and what %was your pwc?
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Pwc? And I got a thin sword for the entrance between 2 flat upright rocks and another plant for the corner that will grow tall
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PWC== Partial Water Change. These should be done weekly or more often depending on test results even if you have just a few fish.
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It was- .5 and 40%
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Madgamer87
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Did you say what type of filter you are running?
Sorry I have been reading numerous posts today.
.5 for ammonia is a little high and since you said 40% pwc I am thinking it was nearly double that. It would be best to do an additional 50% pwc to get the number to .25 or below. btw have you tested your tap water to see if it has ammonia in it? Mine does at different times of the year.
Also Prime water conditioner is great since it helps neutralize ammonia to safer compounds in the water and helps promote a good slime coat as well. It is highly concentrated.
As a side note about your filter media, if it is a HOB (hang on the back) filter, and you have media pads do not use plain untreated tap water on them, and don't almost ever change them as that is where the BB (beneficial bacteria) is located.
So do not wash the filter pad in tap water, you can swish and get the gunk out in the old tank water from the pwc several times as you would be doing several buckets or in the outflow if you have a python type changer. For final rinsing I just take treated water and pour a few plastic to go cups worth of water over it.
If you have room in the hob to hold an additional pad by all means add one more in. That will soon double your BB as the BB grow and multiply, then eventually you will have a cycled tank which can handle the fish waste in a normal way reducing the pwc based on filter capacity and stocking levels.
You have few fish in such a big tank but the water can turn toxic even then. Do you have the ability to test for Nitrites or Nitrates also? You will be needing to do lots of pwc while you are cycling the tank, also be checking the water parameters daily and doing the pwc based on your readings. Fish keeping gets easier after the cycle as long as you get healthy fish, don't over feed, and overstock, keep up on pwc and do your research on which fish you select so they will fit the tank, and not bother/eat each other, have special keeping requirements outside the norm for which main fish you are keeping. Normally easy.
Sorry I have been reading numerous posts today.
.5 for ammonia is a little high and since you said 40% pwc I am thinking it was nearly double that. It would be best to do an additional 50% pwc to get the number to .25 or below. btw have you tested your tap water to see if it has ammonia in it? Mine does at different times of the year.
Also Prime water conditioner is great since it helps neutralize ammonia to safer compounds in the water and helps promote a good slime coat as well. It is highly concentrated.
As a side note about your filter media, if it is a HOB (hang on the back) filter, and you have media pads do not use plain untreated tap water on them, and don't almost ever change them as that is where the BB (beneficial bacteria) is located.
So do not wash the filter pad in tap water, you can swish and get the gunk out in the old tank water from the pwc several times as you would be doing several buckets or in the outflow if you have a python type changer. For final rinsing I just take treated water and pour a few plastic to go cups worth of water over it.
If you have room in the hob to hold an additional pad by all means add one more in. That will soon double your BB as the BB grow and multiply, then eventually you will have a cycled tank which can handle the fish waste in a normal way reducing the pwc based on filter capacity and stocking levels.
You have few fish in such a big tank but the water can turn toxic even then. Do you have the ability to test for Nitrites or Nitrates also? You will be needing to do lots of pwc while you are cycling the tank, also be checking the water parameters daily and doing the pwc based on your readings. Fish keeping gets easier after the cycle as long as you get healthy fish, don't over feed, and overstock, keep up on pwc and do your research on which fish you select so they will fit the tank, and not bother/eat each other, have special keeping requirements outside the norm for which main fish you are keeping. Normally easy.
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Madgamer87
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I have the penguin bio-wheel 200. I just added a second filter in there. Aren't you suppose to change them out, and how often do you do that? The one i have has the activated carbon attached.
Nope you run them until they fall apart, rinsing in tank water/treated water only! That's where the BB is.
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Madgamer87
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Ok. They should last a lot longer that way!
Soooo much longer.
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New addition from petsmart, dwarf hair grass
DanTheGuppyMan
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Looks cool! I hate the petsmart plants because I can never get all that gel out, especially with the DHG...and it always uproots for me 
Your tank is looking awesome though!
Your tank is looking awesome though!
Make sure it is in the brightest spot in the tank, and fyi, plecos will root around in it just be forewarned. I had mine from petsmart too, in the tank and a 1.5" baby bn pleco and it was his mission each day to knock it out of the sand and root around for food under it and rest under it.
Now I have a couple tufts of dhg left at the ends of where the block of it was, lol pretty funny and annoying, I couldn't move him yet as he is so small, so when he moves we'll try another $8. worth!!!
Now I have a couple tufts of dhg left at the ends of where the block of it was, lol pretty funny and annoying, I couldn't move him yet as he is so small, so when he moves we'll try another $8. worth!!!
Looks cool! I hate the petsmart plants because I can never get all that gel out, especially with the DHG...and it always uproots for me
Maybe this will help! Just let them sit in a bowl of (treated or tank) water and they swell up even more and are easier to knock out, the gell bits get more squishy and loosen up from the roots. I like them!
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I had difficulty getting the first mat to stay, but once I figured it out the second one stayed down with no fuss.
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How fast will the hairgrass spread?
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Doing some maintenance: wc, cleaning the outside back of glass and trimming background to fit better. All the plants are doing well and fish couldn't be happier.
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Java ferns not doing well, any suggestions?
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