Recent content by Masquinongy69

Hi all, Brand new to aquariums. 1st tank. 55 gal with Sunsun 304B filter. Setup for GloFish (my daughters tank). 4 GloFish tetra, 2 Platy’s, 2 green Cory’s 4 mollies (2 black and 2 Dalmatian), and 1 black skirt tetra. Tank has been up for about 3 weeks. So on 9-1, water readings were Ph 8.2...

I do have metal in the water :(. I bought an RV filter to try and get some of that out before filling the tank. Thanks for the info on the Prime only being effective for a day or 2. I just want to be prepared in case the Amonia spikes on me. I’m guessing Prime and a 20% water change if it does...

Awesome advice ! Thanks :). Should I be adding some prime to convert the Amonia ? I have well water and there is zero chlorine in my water supply.

Sweet ! I started building a school of green Cory’s - got 2 so far ... soon as the Amonia drops I’ll add 4 more :). Thanks for all the good advice !! I will probably get a loach at some point when I find one I like.

So the tank cycle is a moving target ? As I add fish, the tank will need to cycle again ?

Hi ! Brand new to aquariums. Am trying to cycle my 55g tank. It’s been up for 2 weeks. 1st week 2 plates and 1 tetra. Added 2 Dalmatians and 2 Black mollies. 2nd week - had the LFS test my water - all ranges were good so we added 4 GloFish tetras and 2 green Cory’s. End of second week today -...

Not sure ... looking for something that will be comfortable in my 55 that won’t eat the tetras and Molly’s

What is a good bottom feeder (not algae eater) that grows to a decent size and wont eat smaller fish ? I have a 55 gallon tank - I don't mind cleaning the substrate, but it seems a lot of the food I feed the Tetra's and Molly's ends up falling to the bottom. I realize I'll have to feed the...

Sorry - got excited ... I have a newly set up 55gal I just got my SunSun304B canister and am breaking it in ... I should leave the HOB running until the canister is seeded with the bacteria, correct ? Boy those 2 make a lot of current in the tank ! I'll end up jamming more filter pads in the...

Hi, I'm new to the aquarist lifestyle ... I started out being given fish (well for my daughter) ... Had 2 black skirt tetra and 2 orange platy (black fin). The Platy's hide most of the time. The tetra's kind of float around the tank. My daughters and I picked up 2 black and 2 dalmation mollies...

Thanks ! I am used to fighting high PH in my pool - which is relatively easy - pour in a gallon of acid to get the PH way low and drop the alkalinity, and then out-gas the CO2 (I literally rigged up a blow gun to my air compressor and sunk it in the pool with a brick to make a bubbler to do the...

Hey all ! New here ... kinda thrust into unfamiliar waters :whistle: My wife decided that the kids should go see the fish at Walmart when she went shopping ... fast forward, the 4 year old wanted fish for her birthday ... I did what any noob would do and ask for advice on FB. Buddy sees this...