Recent content by FishDroid26

I just noticed the last sentence of my post didn't make sense. I only fill the cap until the bottom white part isn't visible.

What is the temperature usually at in your tank? What kind of plants do you have in it? I am still just learning but do plants do better with the bubbles the way you have them or better with less bubbles? Thanks and your Goldfish are cool. Especially is that a big Black Moor?

:lol: That's what I thought when I first read around AA about Goldfish, but no gf = GoldFish in this Forum not Girlfriend.

Just make sure you don't add a full capful of ammonia like I did my first time, I spent 2-3 days doing small water changes to get it low. As far as using the gravel from the other tank, I don't know maybe someone else can help with that question. I just pour ammonia on the cap until it fills...

Are you going to be using any seeded material from an established tank? I recently set up a 30 gallon I bought off craigslist and started it on the 1st of this month. I didn't check for NitrItes until about the 10-11th day and got a reading as well as nitrAtes. I didn't use any seeded material...

I'm no professional or anything I barely set up my 10 gallon in June but I have 1 Anubia Nana on a rock that I got from PetSmart, I chose it specifically because it looked healthy and sure enough its growing leaves. I should also add I have a low tech low light (18 watt fluorescent light over a...

So I managed to do about 80-90 % water change today. I only tested NitrIte still about 5+ and niTrAte still about 20-40. The pH did get to a stable reading of 7.6 though so that is good. I dosed ammo up to about 3-4 so I'll see where this goes tomorrow. Question, because I did do a pretty big...

Got it, I wouldn't want my cycle to stall. Time to load up on water -_- good thing I bought a new bottle of prime, my other one is about done.

New update today, still no good news. I tested nitrIte still 5.0 + here is the problem, Ammonia which was consistently dropping from 4-0 each day has dropped but still at about 1-2 ppm. pH which was at a high 8.3 dropped down to about 6.6 I was planning to do a BIG water change but I think...

Right I'm using the API master test kit. I couldn't believe my eyes when I did the pH test so I did a High pH and got the 8.2 reading. Now I did see something about it POSSIBLY being the PFS silica sand I have causing the fluctuation or just something about ammonia and kh/gh altering during the...

8/17 Fishless Cycle log...Now I'm confused, after the advice provided yesterday about the low pH, I just tested about 10 minutes ago and got a HIGH pH reading of 8.3 ...very strange. I did do an ammonia test this morning and got 0 so I dosed it back up to 4 and also added some ground up fish...

Thanks a lot for the responses. I did go to the LFS today to check for CC or Aragonite sand, they had a marine brand one that said Live aragonite sand and it did mention about instant cycle for $5 I didn't buy it though since I'm not sure if that would help. A sales rep recommended I buy a PH...

Maybe the previous post wasn't so clear. I've been cycling since 8/1 and as of 8/14-8/16 I did a 50% pwc due to pH dropping. I checked again yesterday 8/15 and the pH dropped again from 7.6 to about 6.8, am I experiencing a pH crash? What do I do at this point? should I do a bigger water change...

Just when I thought I had read enough on FISHLESS cycling, I need help. I began my fishless cycle from August 1st. I dosed or overdosed Ammonia but did a few PWC to bring it down to about 4.0 ppm. I shouldn't have but I used 1 capful of SeaChem Stability, even though I doubt it did anything...

I've never had any shrimp before but I just wanted to know IF these get along fine with a Male betta or Endlers? I don't have any Endlers but just wanted to know in case.