Recent content by Kevin78

Good evening all! I've had my newly cycled 75g tank up and running for about 2 months now. The tank is moderately planted, has lava rock and eco complete substrate. Just recently, I've had a fish pass on from sunken belly and a Ich outbreak. I originally treated the tank with API general cure...

I'll have to call the service guy out to give it a once over. I know it usually Regens around 1am and I usually do my water changes later afternoon or evening. I just figured that the initial test when I stopped at 18 drops was because it was softened water and it wouldn't read on the test.

I turned on the bypass and ran the cold water for a minute or two to flush it out. I tested the cold water and got Kh 12 drops Gh 10 drops I then turned on hot and cold until I got around 78 degrees and tested it again Kh 11 drops Gh 7 drops Will this work ok?

I'm definitely going to keep an eye on the tank. Thanks, Kevin

Good evening all! I've had my new 75g hardscape planted tank up and running for about a month. It has been cycled and I have been slowly adding some fish. The one issue I have noticed is my plant growth or lack thereof. The plants were bought from a local vendor off of Facebook. The plants...

No, I waited for the cycle to finish(so i thought) and dosed 3ppm to make sure the cycle was working.

And that's what had me puzzled. 2 days of 0 ammonia and nitrite with high nitrate. Then dosed ammonia, nitrites rose a little, came down and now it's stuck.

Will the salt wreck havoc on the plants

I did have both zero with some nitrates. Then I dosed a little ammonia and the nitrite has never come back down. Well, since there is fish in there now, what options do I have??

Good afternoon!! I just recently cycled my 75g planted aquarium. To make sure it was cycled,, I dosed a little ammonia at 3ppm and watched if drop to zero. I did a 50% h20 change and got the nitrates down to 20-40ppm. The nitrite was falling as well. I went out and got 5 neon tetras and one...

I'm watching them like a hawk lol Thanks, Kevin

About a little over a week into my new planted tank and getting it cycled for fish, my plants have progressively gotten worse. Day 3 of the cycle, I over did it on the ammonia. Day 4 when I tested, it took a few water changes to get it down to 4ppm. Not sure if that caused this or not. The...

So after a little over 2 weeks of fishless cycling my planted aquarium, I came home this morning and it was cycled. Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 40-80 I read that to be sure everything is ready for fish, dose to 2-4 ppm of Ammonia and after 24hrs, it should level back out. So I dosed back...

I made sure they are well above the substrate.

The anubias is glued to rock and driftwood