I jokingly told someone that I was going to get a fish tank for my cats for christmas, kitty TV! So, someone gave me a 1.5g tank with two black moors and a common pleco. They looked awful cramped in that little tank! We lost one of the black moors the first night, the pleco about a week later. Who knew there were wafers for them?! I think the poor guy starved. Well, down to one goldfish we bought a 10g tank, the goldfish got three neighbors to cycle the tank, guppies! We tragically lost one of the guppies, and the black moor. Ok, now I am hooked, to heck with the cats. The 1.5g tank now has a beta in it, and the 10g now has 3 (f) guppies and 4 cherry barbs. I'm thinking about trading the 1.5 in for a 5g for the beta and putting some glofish in with him. OMG...stop me before I get more fish!!!
This is all new to me....
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Welcome to AA.
You might want to read this link before you lose more fish.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f15/i-just-learned-about-cycling-but-i-already-have-fish-what-now-116287.html
Best of luck, and post another thread if you need more help.
You might want to read this link before you lose more fish.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f15/i-just-learned-about-cycling-but-i-already-have-fish-what-now-116287.html
Best of luck, and post another thread if you need more help.
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Thanks...
I am learning, and since the losses I have read up on cycling a tank. I check all the levels every 2 days but have yet to change out any water, read somewhere that you shouldn't until the tank is fully cycled. Thankfully I am not on city water so I don't have to worry about chlorine or additives in the water. What I was referring to about stop me before I get more fish is I am already looking at larger tank.
My husband is threatening bodily harm.
I am learning, and since the losses I have read up on cycling a tank. I check all the levels every 2 days but have yet to change out any water, read somewhere that you shouldn't until the tank is fully cycled. Thankfully I am not on city water so I don't have to worry about chlorine or additives in the water. What I was referring to about stop me before I get more fish is I am already looking at larger tank.
My husband is threatening bodily harm. 
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read somewhere that you shouldn't until the tank is fully cycled[/QUOTE]
I was told by a petsmart employee not to do a pwc for 3 weeks(during cycling) and just do it once every week after. Oh boy was he so wrong. My nitrite level was so high. So I posted a thread here about it and was told to do a 50%pwc a day or if not twice. I did what they told me and now my fishes are really happy. Nitrites are down to .25ppm and looks like I'm almost done with the cycling. I will do another 50%pwc tomorrow. You can check the thread that I posted. You'll learn a lot about what to do while cycling your tank.
I was told by a petsmart employee not to do a pwc for 3 weeks(during cycling) and just do it once every week after. Oh boy was he so wrong. My nitrite level was so high. So I posted a thread here about it and was told to do a 50%pwc a day or if not twice. I did what they told me and now my fishes are really happy. Nitrites are down to .25ppm and looks like I'm almost done with the cycling. I will do another 50%pwc tomorrow. You can check the thread that I posted. You'll learn a lot about what to do while cycling your tank.
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Its the one titled "cloudy water after wc"
Thanks!
Ok, I have set the water out to come to room temperature for a change tomorrow. I will get one of the fancy testers later, we bought the test strips, I just ran a test GH - 60, KH, 80, pH 7.0, Nitrite 0.5 and Nitrate 20. I thought I was still operating within normal paramaters. Unfortunately the strips do not test the ammonia level in the tank. Oh goodie! Another trip to the pet store!
Ok, I have set the water out to come to room temperature for a change tomorrow. I will get one of the fancy testers later, we bought the test strips, I just ran a test GH - 60, KH, 80, pH 7.0, Nitrite 0.5 and Nitrate 20. I thought I was still operating within normal paramaters. Unfortunately the strips do not test the ammonia level in the tank. Oh goodie! Another trip to the pet store!
Yeah, I know. Actually met a lady, Jackie I think her name was at the Pet Zoo in Eagle River that was VERY helpful and imformative. When I told her I was cycling with a Moor she informed me not to, goldfish were the worst to do it with and explained their buy back program. Helped me out getting a starter tank, heater, etc. She was the only one I have found who was knowledgeable.
Any recommendations for a decent gravel filter? The tank is about 3 feet from the kitchen sink and I was told there was one that I could do a PWC at the same time. Any advice?
Any recommendations for a decent gravel filter? The tank is about 3 feet from the kitchen sink and I was told there was one that I could do a PWC at the same time. Any advice?
