Recent content by cichlid.lover

okay awesome! i would like some otos but the firemouth would def eat them when he got big enough...i just want something thatll eat extra fish food and that looks cool..i like the eclipse (sun) catfish..ill do more research and ask around thanks!

also what do i do with my fry?? i just talked to my friend and she might take them..if not what do i need to do? i was just looking at catfish and saw the ghost catfish..do you think itll be okay with the firemouth and the barbs? i dont want it getting eaten!! thank you all!

API master test kit. and okay thanks!! library girl what catfish/bottom feeder would be a good size for my tank? i would get a cory but they shoal..

yeah it does. so should i change the water everyday? and how much if so?

sorry i forgot i already posted that. okay chris i had a bad bacterial bloom and then my ammonia went off the charts. later that week nitrates and nitrites skyrocketed and no matter how many water changes i did they wouldnt go down until now! my ammonias down to 0.25 and just waiting for...

i change my water about 25% every other day and my nitrate and nitrite are still high. I just did a 50% water change yesterday and they were STILL sky high. i dont understand why they wont go down..and i dont know what to do with the fry i mean i know one person with a fish tank but its fully...

i do water changes every other day about 25% and i test the water right after nitrate and nitrites still sky high. did 50% yesterday and they wouldnt come down. (so how do i get them down?) and ive read through that. the tiger barbs will eat the fry anyways. and the firemouth would eat them when...

sorry no that was my bad i didnt go into detail i had 6 zebra danios and now i have about 15-20 of their fry not to worried about keeping them alive..ohh and the danios? haha..stuck them in my moms pond..i know probably cruel but no one would take them..! okay so maybe 4 tiger barbs at first? i...

oh and I'm reading your guide (nicely done, btw) and I actually was cycling with some zebra danios that i recently got rid of. so would that be the cause of the extended cycling period? sorry i keep doing double posts lol i randomly remember stuff! Dx

okay thanks so much!!..so will it be ok to add some tiger barbs once the nitrites and nitrates get to appropriate levels?

I read this one article that said tanks take 6-8 weeks to cycle? how long should it normally take? O.o

Ph: 6.8 Nitrate:40ppm Nitrate: 5.0ppm ammonia: 0-0.25ppm

I've been cycling my 29g tank for a couple months now and FINALLYY my ammonia levels are back down they were off the charts last week so I know my nitrite and nitrate levels will fall soon...but how soon? And once they all go down again does that mean my tanks done cycling? If not, how do you...

haha okay thank you!

okay well i was thinking about it some more and I'll probably be able to get a 55g when the cichlids get to 3-4 in. will they be okay in there as youngins? and how long will it take for them to get to that size? I just didnt want a 55g because i dont know what to do with the 29g. i guess ill...