Recent content by edgellj

More water changes @Hbbambislayer: Water changes every two hours over about six hours. 50ish percent each time. Prime and NiteOut each time. The fish are frenetic and try to hide every time I come near the tank now. pH still nominal at 7.6 (the crushed coral does it's job pretty well), but now...

From tap: *pH: 7.6 *ammonia: 0 *chlorine: 0 *nitrates/ites: 0 *total hardness (GH): 0 *total alkalinity (KH): between 0 & 40ppm (I have an amazing filter on my tap.)

Thanks librarygirl, but I've added about 2lbs of crushed coral with aragonite to the gravel substrate when I tossed the sand about a month ago. The pH has stabilized in the 7.5 range. The only reason I'm trying to lower it now is that higher pH causes Ammonia toxicity at lower temperature and...

Stand back...I'm attempting science! Unfortunately, the 2L in my son's room and the 55gal are not hospitable places for the fish from my small tank (the 2L is just too small and the 55 gal is a cichlid tank). The gourami might be fine very short term, but the cories are smaller than the feeder...

I bought a Fluval Edge (6gal with a "standard" fluval filter rated at 20gals) about six months ago. To do the initial cycle, I added about 10lbs of rinsed sand (just under 2"), a couple small decorations and about 8 (very) small feeder goldfish. After about two-three months, the tanks' nitrogen...