Recent content by 33miles

I use the float method listed there on liveaquaria.com

Yep....that was about half way for me.....see my post above HANG IN THERE!!!!

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Ok now I really give up. I bought 3 platies on saturday and not one of them made it past monday. I tested the water right before I went and got them. I tested the water about 4 hours after they were added and I tested about 12 hours after they were added. The cory and...

Now, I'm very much a newbie here so take my experience (not advice) with a grain of salt.... About the 6th week of cycling my tank, the ammonia level in my tank was going no where. Also, I didn't boil the driftwood I bought and it made the water look like tea. So, after getting tired of...

thanks kreesdqban!!.....i use tetra aquaclear for conditioner

That's what i'm afraid of....losing what I built up during the cycle. That just makes adding new fish that more difficult.

Yeah, i'm kinda worried about having so few fish in there right now. Should I be doing anything to keep the bacteria from dying off until I can get some more stock?

Yeah it's tough having only a 10 gallon. I guess an upgrade is in the near future. :D

Thanks jcarlilesiu...oh i'm gonna keep it up. What about some dwarf gourami's? I've been thinking about getting some of those later on. Are those a pretty hardy fish? Any other suggestions?

I acclimated them per the instructions on liveaquaria.com...Floated the bag for 15 mins. Opened the bag and created an airpocket for them to continue to float. Added 1/4 cup of tank water to bag every 5 mins (they say 4 mins) untill the bag was full. Dumped half the water in the bag and...

PH is at 7.4....nitrAte is around 5 ppm.

The cat is doing very well....he is active and i've seen him eat. The last tetra standing is swimming well, but I have not seen it eat yet and it's been in there 3 days. It was weird, when they got in the tank, two of the neons would school constantly and one would hide (my guess is he was...

It's a 10 gal. tank with an aquaclear hob filter.....100w heater....water temp is at 75. I cycled with ammonia purchased from Ace (no surfactants). I'm testing with an API Master Test Kit. After the tank was completely cycled, I sustained the bacteria by dosing a little less than a 1/4 tsp...

ok...After two failed attempts to keep fish in the past, and getting frustrated because the fish kept dying, I stumbled on this site and purchased a new tank and did the fishless cycle. Two months later, the tank was cycled. I added 3 black neon tetras and one cory cat (followed the...

Scrubbies!?!?!?.......what are those??