Recent content by TracyH

I’ve been doing 25% water changes daily while I’m home. I travel for work so gone a week, home a week. Usually I have someone here to watch the lights, co2, and feed. This next trip there will be no one here to watch it for lights or the such. That’s why the push to get it on a bit of autopilot...

The original substrate is ADA Aquasoil and is 5+ years old. I finally have the tank almost cycled while waiting for my parts to arrive that I had ordered. It’s been over a month now. It’s clear and I am seeing the levels and steps that are expected. The diatoms have decreased to almost none...

Thank you for taking the time to respond. The plants have been in since day 4. I had no choice because I was worried I would lose them. The tank has been running 3.5 weeks now. The reading I have done is that the Aquasoil is well past its life expectancy. Is this not the case? Is it still...

Hello I am a total newbie and I apologize for the long post but I feel the more information I give, the better my answers will be. I currently successfully keep a 10g horribly over stocked tank and decided to upgrade. I purchased a used heavily planted, high tech 92g RR corner tank. Yep, go...

Hi. Thanks for letting my join. My fish obsession started with left over bait. I had a 10g that we dumped the minnows in after fishing to keep for the next trip out. They of course needed air, so I got a pump. The water got yucky so I got a filter. Tank looked bare so I got gravel. And so...

Hello I am a total newbie and I apologize for the long post but I feel the more information I give, the better my answers will be. I currently successfully keep a 10g horribly over stocked tank and decided to upgrade. I purchased a used heavily planted, high tech 92g RR corner tank. Yep, go...