Recent content by Nuadu

It's been awhile since I have posted here - I've got a 55 gal (fish only) that I started back in May and it's been doing pretty well for the most part. The last month or so, the water has been green and cloudy. Despite large water changes in the neighborhood of 50-60%, it came right back again...

To those who have this tank - have you had trouble with the light? My light stopped working after I didn't use it for a week or so (kept it off to try to combat some algae). It was one of those screw-in fluorescent lights. The only thing I can think of is that condensation somehow got inside...

Hello all - I suppose this would be roughly my one month report since stocking, and I feel like I've already been through a lot! Everything seems to be going quite good now. The tank has finally stabilized after the strange post-cycling nitrite readings I'd been seeing, so I call that a win...

Update: Three 25% PWCs later, I am still seeing nitrItes in the neighborhood of 2-5 when I test daily. No ammonia though, which tells me that even with the 23 fish I have stocked, the fishless cycle BB colony seems to be functioning ok. I am seeing nitrates very slowly increase as...

It was 0 and 0 after the PWC.

Nitrates tested as negligable today - .25 or less. I didn't let the tank be without water for more than it took the python to suck it down and refill it right away. I replenished the dechlorinator prior to filling it up again. Water temp was constant - 82 degrees the whole cycle. It is now...

Nothing unusual - we did go out of town for 3 days this past weekend (I posted in another thread about this) - I dosed 4-6ppm ammonia before we left and when we got back Sunday night, all traces of ammonia and nitrites were gone. Nitrates were spiked, so I dosed once more and tested the next...

Most were at the same time, but my tank had been fishless cycling for more than 3 weeks and had finally tested as though it showed that the cycle was complete. I acclimated the fish very gradually over about 4 hours. None of the LFS water got into my tank.

Yes! I followed your guide to the letter, keeping the ammonia dosed appropriately each day, and it was going to 0 by the time % tested the next day. The tap water doesn't register any ammonia in it - it tests 0 right out of the faucet. The only thing I have added to the water during this whole...

Just tested the water and saw nitrItes?! Why would this even be happening if the tank tested free of nitrItes every day for the last 2 weeks of the fishless cycle? Should I wait until tomorrow and test again before panicking and doing a big PWC?

Thank you to those who offered their advice and guidance... my 55 gal tank is completely cycled and I have already introduced fish - so far I have added: -4x Boesemans Rainbow -12x Neon Tetras -6x Serpae Tetra -1x Dwarf Gourami The folks at the LFS (Fish Safari in VA Beach) flat out told me...

eco - no plants at all. Right before we left, I added an Aquaclear 50 to the Aquaclear 70 I already had running as well (I used the sponge and two bags of bio pellets in the 50). Maybe that had something to do with it?

I have just gone through a similar, though shorter, experience as the OP. I have been working through a fishless cycle on my 55g tank for about 2 weeks now, and was at the point where I was going from 4ppm to 0 in 24 hours; the nitrites were off the chart but have not yet seen more than...

Got it - I'll do it tomorrow and see what happens. Thanks very much!

Thanks very much! I actually did do a 50% PWC but it had no effect on the nitrites. Same test results today, as well. I ran the nitrate test twice and got 5.0 both times. Do I need to do a larger PWC?