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08-24-2013, 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Tx Oscar Lover
Oh okay, how quick does the fish food turn into ammonia? & should I be doing that to my 10 gallon since nothing is in it?
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Yes you should keep it cycled since its empty. Is it cycled? I dono how long it take, I just like the way it looks flowing around the tank goin 90 to nothin
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08-24-2013, 03:09 AM
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Originally Posted by jwh0818
Yes you should keep it cycled since its empty. Is it cycled? I dono how long it take, I just like the way it looks flowing around the tank goin 90 to nothin
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Nice to see something moving in there, right?
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08-24-2013, 03:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Alyxx
Nice to see something moving in there, right?
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Yes! Even if its just fish food! Makes me happy just knowing I have living, breathing flakes! Just goin with the flow!
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08-24-2013, 03:20 AM
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Pretend you are feeding your invisible fish!
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08-24-2013, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Alyxx
Pretend you are feeding your invisible fish!
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Im gonna get fish stickers to put on the glass so I can feed the stickers! Haha!
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08-24-2013, 04:06 AM
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Originally Posted by jwh0818
Im gonna get fish stickers to put on the glass so I can feed the stickers! Haha!
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They make fake fish on floaters! My lfs sells fake lionfish too. For the people who want one but also want the kind of fish that the lion would eat.
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08-26-2013, 12:26 AM
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Did a water test today and it read
Ammo .50ppm
Nitrite 2 to 5ppm
Nitrate 0.00ppm?
How do nitrates disappear?
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08-26-2013, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by jwh0818
Did a water test today and it read
Ammo .50ppm
Nitrite 2 to 5ppm
Nitrate 0.00ppm?
How do nitrates disappear?
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Odd. Either the plants used them all or you messed up the test! If you don't shake bottle 2 really well it can give a false low reading.
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08-26-2013, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Alyxx
Odd. Either the plants used them all or you messed up the test! If you don't shake bottle 2 really well it can give a false low reading.
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Yeah im fixin to retest. And there is only 1 giant hairgrass in there now and its fairly small
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08-26-2013, 02:18 PM
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Retested today and its
Ammo .0 to .25ppm
Nitrite 5.0ppm
Nitrate 5 to 10ppm
See this one makes more sense. The other was way off. What should I do? Wait for a water change or go ahead and do a water change?
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08-26-2013, 07:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jwh0818
Retested today and its
Ammo .0 to .25ppm
Nitrite 5.0ppm
Nitrate 5 to 10ppm
See this one makes more sense. The other was way off. What should I do? Wait for a water change or go ahead and do a water change?
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I think you need higher nitrate levels still, but I'm not sure..lol. I'm waiting on mine to get to like 80+ ppm then I'm going to do mine.
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08-27-2013, 05:26 PM
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Is it safe for my dog to drink tank water? I was moving the tank and had 5g sitin in a bucket and she decided to drink some
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08-27-2013, 06:06 PM
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Is it safe for my dog to drink tank water? I was moving the tank and had 5g sitin in a bucket and she decided to drink some
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Dogs eat and drink all kinds of nasty sh#t. She will be fine.
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08-27-2013, 06:22 PM
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Dogs eat and drink all kinds of nasty sh#t. She will be fine.
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Okay just had to make sure! I figured but I dont wanna risk it! Thanks!
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08-27-2013, 06:30 PM
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Okay just had to make sure! I figured but I dont wanna risk it! Thanks!
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No worries. My cat drinks out of my wife's 10 gal often. No ill effects yet.
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08-27-2013, 10:55 PM
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No worries. My cat drinks out of my wife's 10 gal often. No ill effects yet. |
My cat drinks out of everything. Aquarium (before I had a lid), toilet, people's cups! Lol. She doesn't care. She'll put her head right down your solo cup while it's in your hand lol. She's a character.
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08-27-2013, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Tx Oscar Lover
My cat drinks out of everything. Aquarium (before I had a lid), toilet, people's cups! Lol. She doesn't care. She'll put her head right down your solo cup while it's in your hand lol. She's a character.
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Haha! Thats awesome!
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08-28-2013, 02:49 PM
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Ammo- 1.0ppm
Trite- 1.0ppm
Trate- 5 to 10ppm
These are the readings after taking all the water out of the tank and adding new water because I moved the tank to a different location. I kept maybe 3g of old water and put it back in and all my media stayed wet with old water. Im using fish food to seed ammo to the tank
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08-28-2013, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by jwh0818
Here is todays test? Someone help me im having color trouble today please!
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How long has it been cycling for. I would suggest getting a bottle of beneficial bacteria starter. Do research on the best bottle because some are terrible. Also do try a 30% water change.
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08-28-2013, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Peacockbass
How long has it been cycling for. I would suggest getting a bottle of beneficial bacteria starter. Do research on the best bottle because some are terrible. Also do try a 30% water change.
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Umm its a fishless cycle and I already used seachem stability for bottled BB. I just moved the tank 70ft so I haf no choice but to do a 95% water change so im good on the water change. Its been cycling around a month now
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