Aiken Drum

Algae is the result of excess nutrients and light. What are your water parameters (preferably taken before all these water changes)...

Absolutely spot on there. I really thought i checked my plants thoroughly but alas I see lots of small snails, possibly ramshorn...

The 3 snails will turn into hundreds. Honestly, take this opportunity to completely break down the aquarium, throw away the plants...

Since you need a new filter anyway, if the long term plan is for a bigger aquarium for the goldfish then get the 407. It's oversized for...

Your cycle is a live dynamic thing. The nitrogen cycle functions by microbes consuming fish waste. There are types of microbes that...

Your cycle is something that grows and dies off with the amount of ammonia present. If you remove fish from an aquarium, your cycle...

I've done that too. Water taken from the tank or dechlorinated water are both fine to use to rinse out filter sponges. Water conditioner...

Yeah, if you keep zero ammonia + nitrite after adding ammonia for a few days then consider yourself cycled. If you are talking a few...

This is why giving actual numbers for water parameters is important rather than saying everything is ideal/ good/ safe etc. There is...

Test strips are notoriously unreliable, it would be good to know what the results are but I would look to get a reliable test kit or get...

I called Allstate and insurance company and I am now insured if my tank breaks, so I do not have to get rid of my fish. They told me as...

I carried on as normal with the dosing. I was going to give it a week as normal and then do a water change if nothing had changed, but...

Is that down to water changes or cycle establishing? Did you redose ammonia or let it be?

What precisely are the water parameters? How long has the aquarium been running? How long have you had the fish? How big is the fish?

Did it, thanks much. Wasn’t getting that option from my own search engine. Kindof makes sense now.