Recent content by Goldfish345

Ok, so I just tested the water and the nitrites were high. I am not sure why. The filter is a double sponge filter (no idea gph). I added prime and some QuickStart.

My neon tetra tank seems to be having some issues. It’s a 10 gallon tank with 8 neon tetras. One of the neon tetras has gotten very fat, like it looks like it might burst. The neon tetra has a straight blue line, and has been like this for a few weeks so I don’t think it’s going to lay eggs. I...

Hi everyone, my 55 gallon fish tank is right next to my bed, and I was woken up to a very odd thump sound coming from it. When I turned the lights on to investigate, it looks like the thermometer fell of the side of the tank and hit the Oscar fish in the head. He would not move for several...

Ok thanks. I found an old internal canister that I will use just for the uv light. That way it’s not effecting the cycle.

What I do for all types of algae, is I have a toothbrush that I use just for my tanks and I rub off the algae. That should work, but it will come right back if you don't figure out what caused it in the first place. I would test the water for phosphates, calcium, etc. Most people just have the...

Hi, I recently bought a UVC light on amazon to combat green water issues in my 55g. To clarify it is not a UV internal canister or anything like that; it is just a UVC blub that plugs into an outlet. I see conflicting information on this, but will it ruin my cycle. I placed it directly in my...

Thank you both so much! The main reason I started this thread was for reassurance that I don’t NEED to buy a canister filter. My LFS told me that I absolutely must get a fx5 or better, which sounded like overkill for 2 fish. My reasoning for having such an odd filter setup is because I found...

Ok, sounds good. I assume then that my lfs was just trying to sell me a $200 canister filter that I don’t need if the only problem was the cycle.

I will keep doing this everyday until it is cycled. I also added a cycled sponge filter so that should speed it up

Ok, thank you very much!

Thanks for your reply! My ammonia is around 3-5ppm, nítrate 5-7ppm, and my nitrite appears to be none (however I would take that test with a grain of salt). I would of done water changes, but i assumed that would make cycling take longer? The ick med also said to avoid doing water changes for 6...

Hi everyone, I have a 55 gallon tank with an Oscar (still a baby) and a pleco (also a baby). I also have some nerite snails. The tank measurements are showing around 7ppm nitrate, so the tank is cycled (it has been set up since December), however it showed an alarmingly high ammonia. I randomly...

Thank you both for your responses! I will do what you recommended and do the ammonia test on some bottled water later. As soon as I saw green water was an issue I set the lights to be 6:30am-8:30am and 3:15pm-10:15pm rather then on all day. I actually do not have any plans for upgrading the...

What do you recommend? Should I dose prime or just wait it out? Should I add a sponge from cycled tank or will that make it worse? Thanks!!

Hello everyone, my 55 gallon tank has really bad green water algae to the point where I can’t see my fish ( 3” Oscar and 4” pleco). I installed a UV sterilizer about 24 hours ago so hopefully that starts to help. I did some testing with my api kit and it said 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate and 0.25...