marina
Aquarium Advice Regular
Well, I hope I didn't make a big mistake...My 10gal has finally finished cycling after having started it with 1 fish, stocking with 4 and later having lost all of them...FINALLY the water parameters are good. In spite of that, even having my specialty LFS (not the chain LFS) checked the levels, 2 days later I would have dead fish, not all of them, 2 out of 3 fish introduced and not many times only this last time that I introduced 3 Bleeding Hearts, 2 died 2 days later. SO, this is what I did yesterday following the advice of my LFS: After considering all the "common mistakes" newbies do, he asked me how long has the filter been running?- 6 weeks, so after that he decided that probably is releasing toxins at this point and that I should changed it. I remembered yours advise and I asked if I shouldn't "rinse it" first, he said no, to replace the filter or use what they use that is cheaper which is that blue sponge type that you can cut to the size needed for your particular filter..he showed me that they use it for their tanks at the store and he uses it for his own tanks at home. So I embraced myself and I went for it...Now I am a little concerned, but I trust this guy... I would like to know your thoughts...At this moment I have 3 BH and 3 Neon Tetras.