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Notice this spot on my L-445 Is this ich. He doesn't seem stresses and is very active. All my other fish look great. The spot is on his front left fin. His left eye looks funny too. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

update site go to the link to see the update and if you have any suggestions please let me know. It seems that my cycle has started this week, now need the nitrates to go up (i have 0-5 ppm naturally in my well water).

update, I have some new questions: Fishless Cycle – Fish I am keeping a record of my cycle at the link above. It has been very slow going. Started in beginning of Jan and still have not seen any nitrites. The ammonia does go down very slowly. Any thoughts to why kH is larger than gH (6 to...

update site I created the following page to help provide updates for those that want to follow and provide advice or high fives. Thanks for the help so far. Just click on the link below to view. my fishless cycle

Thanks, I have read that one and several others a few times over. I will review it again, but am a little over concerned about details sometimes especially thing like this that have a large amount of variables that can make all kinds of differences large and small. Sent from my iPhone using...

So I am still waiting on the ammonia to go down. It may have finally dropped to 3 (it's hard to tell on the chart). However this may be to the top off water I have been putting in, around 10-12 gallons since I dosed to 4ppm ammonia. since I know more about my home water chemistry, I have a new...

This is what i was thinking of doing at first. The problem is my inside water and outside faucets are all softened water (treated). However, after inspecting my well room, one outside faucet is from the main well tank line and then I found a faucet inside the well room after a second...

i don't think i will trust it either. I will get a new one and then use this one as a backup if the new one fails. Thanks for the info so far.

I am afraid of a toxic issue with the water. It seems to be working well still Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

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So I got in a hurry and did something I knew was wrong. I pulled out the heater to get it to cross the support middle bar while it was still hot. It now has a charred brown film on it. It looks like rust but I am thinking it is the slime coat burnt to the titanium tube. Do I need to scrap...

Are those artificial plants, if yes, where did you get the long tall grass on the right side front Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Anyone know what this is coming out of my return, it started today Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

i think I have decided to use a 55gal food grade bpa free barrel. http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B006KAAUSQ?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_1&smid=A200I6KSFJHPTA They are relatively cheap, I can stick it in a closet w/ drain near my tank and heat it too. I figure I fill it, wait...