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Hello, everybody
I have a 56 column tank one emperor 400 filter
My stockings are as below
5 angelfish (quatersize),
2 kissing gourami (about 3 inches)
6 black skirt tetra
6 neon tetra
2 pleco(one 2 inches one is 4 inches)
2 rainbow shark
2 snails
Am I overstocked? Will my angelfish get along...
Hello,
my tank got the ick problem about 5 days before, and the outbreak appeared on the pleco, and now it was dead. My kissing gouramis also have white spots on the fins.
I increased my temperature to 88F for four days (I added one more bubbler to increase the level), and the white spots are...
Hi, thanks a lot for your reply.
I input some spaces between the numbers, but it didn't show up.
I hope my cycling can be done soon.
I bought another tetra safestart plus (8 ounce), and I am going to add more nitrifying bacteria into it, because i don't want my fish to suffer.
Now I have six...
I am doing a fish-in cycling.
I tested my aquarium these days.
I cycled my tank about 10 days and used the tetra safestart plus.
The reading of these day are listed below,
Ammonia Nitrite Nitrate
0.5 0.0 5.0
0.5 0.25 10
1.0 1.0 20
0.25 1.0...
I have a 56 gallon column tank,
So far
I have
two kissing gourami
6 black skirt tetra
6 neon tetra.
Am I overstocked?
Can I have more?
I would like to add one anglefish and one or two bala shark.
Any stocking idea?
Thanks a lot
I tested my first 56 gal aquarium and tap water yesterday and today with API master kit.
The tap water (stayed for 48 hours) is
PH 8.2
Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 0 pm
Nitrate 0pm
Yesterday
My aquarium is
PH 8.0
Ammonia 0.5 ppm
Nitrite 0pm
Nitrate between 5-10 ppm.
Today
PH 8.0
Ammonia 0.5 ppm...
I tested my first 56 gal aquarium and tap water today with API master kit.
The tap water (stayed for 48 hours) is
PH 8.2
Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 0 pm
Nitrate 0pm
My aquarium is
PH 8.0
Ammonia 0.5 ppm
Nitrite 0pm
Nitrate between 5-10 ppm.
I am doing my fish-in cycling with tetra safe start...
Thanks so much for your answer!!
I cycle my tank about two weeks. I bought the api test kit, and the range is only up to 7.6. I tested my aquarium water and tap water, and both showed 7.6.
I was suspicious about their ph minus product, which I thought might have some bad side-effects. The...
Hello, guys,
I am new here. I just get my tank cycled and ammonia level is 0 now.
I had my water tested in the local petsmart store, and they tested my water sample and said my ph is about 8.4 which is too high. Then they suggested me to buy aqueon ph minus and said it is safe to use.
However...