Recent content by ragin1cajun

I do not think it was the driftwood or thread simply because the 2 fish starting showing symptoms literally at the same time or within just a couple minutes of putting the driftwood in the tank and turning the water on to fill the tank. I would think (I could be wrong) that it would take more...

I have a question, after a couple of the weekly PWC that we have done we have had a couple of zebra danio's die on us. The process we are following is: 1. Using the python we have taken out roughly 40-50% of the water. 2. Add Prime to the tank. (Full Tank dose) 3. Add water back in...

I have a few questions about the feeding behavior of some of our fish. In the 29G tank that everyone here helped me to fish-in cycle successfully we have 8 Zebra Danio (4 GloFish & 4 Regular) and 8 Corys (4 Albino & 4 Panda). I am feeding the Danios Omega One Tropical Fish Flakes and the...

Thanks for the replies.. It didnt sound right to me! Especially since if that logic were true then I would need 5-6 of each color of Glofish. I will be buying all other fish from LFS, but have to go to Petco or Petsmart for Glofish since my kids wanted those. I have gotten much better advice...

I have a quick question... I have 6 of the Zebra Danio variety of Glofish. I was thinking of buying a regular Zebra Danio when I bought the last 3 Glofish. However, the lady at Petco said the regular Zebra Danio would not school with the Glofish. And since I didn't have any other information to...

Hi All, Thought I would post a quick update.. Last night when I tested my water for the first time it tested with no Ammo or Nitrites at all! So now I will patiently test the water every day for a week before adding any more fish this time! Thanks to everyone for their assistance! David

Ok, I had to come home early due to having to pick up a sick kid from school. I just retested and it tests the same as before my mistake. So the chlorine must not have been high enough concentration in tap water to cause the tank concentration to get high enough to do too much damage.. I am...

I will be doing a water check when I get home from work this evening. I'm hoping that I will not be starting from square one. I am still in daily testing mode since I have been hoping until now that I was almost finished with the cycle. I will hope for the best the rest of the day until I can...

How Long Does it Take for Chorine to Kill BB? I made a mistake this evening when doing a 50% PWC on our 29G tank. I am fish-in cycling this tank using the media from the successful cycle of a 6G tank. For the last week and a half, since moving the fish and filter media, I have been doing daily...

Yup, that sounds completely logical now that I have done it and you have said it! I wish I would have only added 2 more fish because I am back to daily PWCs until the tank completely cycles. The good thing is Ammo is close to 0 every day and the Nitrite dropped yesterday and spiked again today...

So, I now have a 29G tank that I think is close to being cycled since I moved the filter over from the 6G tank that had cycled. After moving the filter and the 2 occupants of the 6G to the 29G, I got a Nitrite spike after adding 4 new fish. So I am doing the necessary PWC and dosing the tank...

Still looking good! pH = 7.4 Ammo = 0ish Nitrite = 0 Nitrate = 10-20 I said Ammo is 0ish since it isn't yellow but isn't anywhere near the light green color either. So maybe trace amounts of ammonia? And Nitrate, I cannot tell much of a difference between 10 & 20 but the color appears to me...

I just tested the water again this morning and it is looking somewhat cycled? pH = 7.4 Ammo = .25 Nitrite = 0 Nitrate = 10-20 I say somewhat, because the Ammo was definitely .25 this time. The last several days I have said it was between 0 & .25 because the color wasn't yellow but wasn't quite...

I am being patient, Nitrites disappeared about a week ago only to return so I will keep an eye on it for a minimum of a week.. I want to move the fish to my 29G tank so I will move filter and all over to that tank soon. I cannot do that yet since I am getting a stand for the 29G at the end of...

Today's testing results.. pH = 7.4 Ammo = 0-.25 Nitrite = .25 Nitrate = 10-20 So, Nitrites are down again pretty low and this was 24 hours since the last PWC. Instead of doing a PWC I figure I will wait until tomorrow morning to check the water again to see what direction things are going...