Recent content by Fishyfish33

Thanks so far it’s going good still I plan on changing more water this weekend and I’ll retest and see what it shows I’m still kind of hoping it was just a weird interaction between the accu clear and the ammonia test

I’m still trying to figure out what is causing the test problems as well so far water changes haven’t made a difference and all the fish seem healthy and happy with no issues some the one platy died and i don’t believe that was water related. I also don’t believe I’m overstocked with 19 fish...

It’s commonly stated on here that vacuuming gravel can remove the essential bacteria because it lives on the hard surfaces and the filters when I say vacuuming I mean many posts refer to vacuuming the gravel deeply they do say to lightly skim the surface of the gravel to remove surface debris

I had one platy die between last night and this morning. He was the only fish acting strangely yesterday he was lethargic and did have clamped fins the platys have been in tank less than two weeks. After finding him dead and floating I changed 25 gallons of water and again added the api stress...

If the api kit is indeed reading correctly then my ammonia level is off the chart shouldn’t the fish be showing signs of stress. The molly that died had a partial fry hanging out of her and had been oddly large since I got her she was one of the original fish I started with.

Filters had been changed in the marineland hob and rinsed in the canister filter after this had started I also add api stress zyme and quick start with water changes along with the api stress coat + to dechlorinate and all fish even my two kuhli loaches are accounted for also I have decreased...

This has been a problem for several weeks. When it first occurred I changed 25 gallons and retested with the same results from the api kit I didn’t have the seachem ammonia indicators when this first became an issue. The molly just passed a couple days ago. As for filters I have a marineland...

I have a 75 gallon lightly planted tank with 20 fish. I had 21 but my pregnant molly died while giving birth. When I test my water with the api master freshwater test kit the ammonia test turns blue within minutes instead of any shade of green on the reference chart. My ph is 7.8, nitrites show...

I have a 75 gallon aquarium with 2 live plants and 14 fish so far I do plan on adding more. I cycled the aquarium with fish in at that time I only had 4 fish. I have been changing water about 5-10 gallons weekly. I was showing 0 nitrites 0 ammonia and .5 nitrates. I then added the other fish...

I checked the tap water a few weeks ago and everything was zero using the api kit. With the old aquarium it took almost a month before nitrates showed up and my setup with the 75 gallon is not complete yet I plan on adding a couple live plants within the next couple weeks to help take care of...

Just used the master kit to test the water 7.6 ph .5 ppm ammonia 0 nitrites 5.0 nitrates Correct me if I’m wrong but this means the cycle is going well right?

That is what I ended up doing I tested the water yesterday just using the strips and was showing just .25-.50 ppm ammonia so I put the filter media from the old tank in with the new filter. Up til this point I had left the old tank running with no fish because I wanted to keep the bacteria on...

I did put one decoration from the little tank into the new one however I doubt there was any bacteria left on it. Bit of a long story with that but to make it short it was washed in hot water for a bit after coming out of the little tank then sat for a day before going into the new tank. Since...

Ok so for the past few months I have had a 6.5 gallon tank running with on giant danio, 2 black mollys, a bubble eye goldfish, and a kuhli loach. Yes I know it’s over crowded that’s not why I’m here I have that one managed well and do regular water tests and changes of at least 1 gallon weekly...