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hmm seeing that it would have to come in on a host fish and there was no new fish added it would have to be my parameters i usually test once a week but skipped this week.. so i will be doing that... this tank has been set up for over a month now but i cycled with Pure ammonia and redosed...

Hey all, I have a 55gal currently housing a Koi and a Blue Channel Catfish. (dont worry i have plans for the koi to be put in a beautiful pond my wifes aunt built) ... i have noticed in the last few days BOTH fish started to Flash quite a bit on the bottom of the tank... I Have looked through...

Ammonium hydroxide is the onmy ingredient...is ammonium HYDROXIDE pure ammonia?

Hey quick question about pure ammonia. I bought what I hope is pure ammo like you said and I'm hopinh u can confirm... I got Clear ammonia made by austins from busy beaver. Do u know if this is correct?.... I have never used pure ammo. Before to cycle my tanks so therefore I have never bought...

ok i will go get ammonia tommorrow afternoon and try that

Hey Eco Just posting in here :) and btw i appreciate u taking the time to help me To be honest i didnt take any readings during this "cycle" for one reason... i did what every LFS employee says to do... SAFE START (slaps forehead)... So after adding it i assumed everything would be somewhat...

i did not "dose" with pure ammonia at all..i used fish food to start it.... and i did not do any pwcs.... so it seems to stalled on me.... should i do a pwc eco?

hey all Figured id post in here... I too am doing a fishless cycle on my 55gal. of course i NEED this tank asap..cause i have catfish growing WAY too fast and i dont want to set up the 200 cause i still have many things i need to buy for it... So in my hurry i added SAFESTART .. they say it is...

I actually was going to post today cause I am having the exact same problem as tropical. But I will try all the above solutions first. I tested my water last night and nothing was out of the norm and my tank has been set up for atleast 4 months so who knows

I have heard it was really hard to breed plecos! Congrats!...I wanna see some pics too!

When I started I was asking the same questions. Your best bet is to buy a liquid test kit.. I use the api fw masterkit..and I'm 100 percent positive mostly everyone else on AA uses it also. It could take quite a long time to cycle. I do know there are products onn the market that say they speed...

Sorry to jump in on this post ... dk do u just put any regular peas in the tank?..just curious cause I was gonna start doing the same...once a week

If ur going to swap I would reccomend running both filters for a while...

I forgot to post back but I did get him! Sadly I cannot find any others :(

What would be the best way to get them out? I don't want to injury or kill them!....