Recent content by Apesfate

Pee in it a little.. The pwcs before fish go in make it harmless and it works just fine.

They need more room, for what? It's a long tank. They zip around in there alright. They may need larger tanks due to how sensitive to poor water conditions and I am aware of that. And I have a free supply of ultrasonic filtered, purified water, that's what the bottles are for. I keep two 4...

Currently have 2 rams in a 5 gal. An electric blue, a yellow balloon And a couple of snails. Should be ok in 10. Just keep the water good and watch their behaviour. If they start to go pale and lose the red from their eyes then they are suffering a little and you should do a 10-20% wc. Have a...

It wont be a big enough amount of water to cause any problems, I wouldn't worry.

2 months to get nitrites? You might want to get something to treat your water to get rid of the chlorine. Every water change. Then you'll have plenty of bacteria.. I don't know any brands of things. I get filtered water that says it should be used in 3 days, that's how I know it's not full of...

Yes, that's easier. Maybe keep the drift wood to attach some Plants to? Choose a new substrate more suited for planted tank.

The filter you have chosen already offers ample filtration.. Really confusing post. You have an interesting opportunity though. I'm not sure what I would want to do with that space, just having water run through it is enough.. If you wanted some extra filtration you could stuff some filter...

I think air bubbles can help add to the water movement in parts of the tank that there may not be a good flow from the filter, like around decorations or in caves. Mixing up anything that could settle there to rot is a good idea and air stones are a great way to do that.

I think this is a great community. It may be something about the hobby itself that attracts people with a certain personality but its great how we all want to know more and if opinions differ we can agree to disagree. Just awesome. It's something so scientific but with so many variables that...

Nitrates get taken up by plants. That's the plan anyway. I'm gonna head to bed. It's been good chatting, there is an actual chat room on here ey? I might check it out next time in on.

Readings like .5 ppm of ammonia aren't likely to linger in a tank with an established nitrogen cycle regardless of it being 20,10 or even 5 gallons right? Especially with 1 or 2 fish in it. So saying such a large tank is necessary isn't as helpful as saying you should have a tank that can...

Ok then, Well, I think if we need to convince someone their tank isn't big enough. We probably should explain why, First of all by explaining whether its because the fish in question need more room to explore or because the fish have a large bioload. See, to a beginner its a little bit like...

Could start here. If a fish dies from bad conditions,do we have a thread for people to post what the conditions were, and I'm pretty sure there is heaps of scientific data like I was reading before here...

Hehe, they are funny how it dangles behind them. Ok, imagine a rating system that incorporated how active, how much they eat ,how heavy their waste was (and therefore how slow it would degrade) and all those things according to their adult size. Mixed it with what level of different toxins they...

But for example you started this post with a statement about rams being sensitive to nitrate. So you know this for a fact? I don't mean "have you kept them?" I mean is that an actual fact that they are indeed more sensitive to nitrates? And how sensitive are we talking? If I understood...