Recent content by Dwane

Good news my ammo is reading 0 this evening and my nitrites are also zero so it looks like I'm in the clear. It's been about one month since I started the cycle and I'm excited to get some fish. I will wait another 4 to 5 days to make sure everything keeps working properly. The only thing I'm...

Excellent, thanks a lot for the help.

My ammo did zero out and I will dose it back up to 4 ppm and check tomorrow again. I have to drive an hour each way to get to a fish store, do you think I really need crushed coral like someone mentioned?

Ok today I did my tests and the ph is back to 7.6 which is normal for here. My nitrites are back to zero but my test seemed different today, usually it starts off purple and slowly fades to blue but today it is just blue instantly. Is this normal or do I have a problem? My nitrates have also...

I checked my water again today and I had tons of nitrites for some reason but the ammo was 0 and the nitrates were 10. The PH was down to around 6.6 when it is usually 7.6. Is that what caused the problem? I did about a 40% water change and I guess I will just continue to add ammonia each day...

Oh ya I forgot to add the fish I want are neon tetras, mollys and/or Platy, Corydoras, bad eventually German blue rams

I hAve been adding ammo for another 4 days and the ammo and nitrite are going down to 0 in less than 24 hours so I guess I am ready for fish. Ammo 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10 My question is how big of a water change should I do before I get fish? My nitrates in my tap water are about 40 ppm and my...

I will keep adding the ammonia and testing the water for at least the next 4 days and see where I'm at. I am following the nitrate test instructions closely including shaking the heck out of the # 2 bottle and the test tube at the end. I will watch some videos on drip acclimation as well. Thanks...

Hello, I have been doing a fishless cycle for about 3 weeks and it appears to have completed successfully. I added 5 live plants and 4 survived. I think I got some BB with the plants which helped the cycle along. I also got some pest snails which unfortunately survived the cycle. The question...

Can anyone tell me if the fluval 205 canister filter is really too small for my 40 gallon tank and if so how low do I have to keep my stocking. My stocking idea is in the picture above.

I am now in the nitrite phase of my fishless cycle and am thinking about my stocking. My tank is actually a 40 gallon and has a fluval 205 canister filter. I have a few plants in there and will be getting several more and a small piece of driftwood soon. I have been told in other posts that the...

I had never heard of aquabid before. Thank you for this info, can't wait to order something.

I am having the same problem in Canada, hopefully I can find someone on this forum that sells plants in Canada as I would much rather support one of the helpful members of this site.

Yes I guess it would be a silent cycle I am referring to, I am going to add ammonia to my tank and follow the steps in a guide I was shown on here, the almost complete guide to fishless cycling I think is the name of it. Does anyone know if I should be adding my seachem flourish during the...

My user manual says the capacity is 151 liters which should be 40 gallons although the aquarium name is the fluvial Vicenza 180L so this is quite misleading.