Recent content by Young227

no stores around here had rummy nose, so I went with a school of bleeding heart tetra. not very colorful but they have added some life to the tank as they swim right out front.

Using the aqadvisor.com site I'd be overstocked just adding the rummy nose. I don't want to agressively overstock as I am new to this, but do want to add some activity, color to the tank without disrupting the whole thing.

so are the rummynose tetras ok. I was starting to lean towards a school of them

I figured they were still getting used to the tank but it's been almost a week so wanted to check if there was something different i should be doing. They were in a tank with no plants and about 2 dz or more other fish in the LFS so they probably can't figure out where all the other fish went...

Thanks. Going to consider the tetras. I like the hatchet fish but would Iike to add some color to the tank as the angels are silver/ blue and the cories blend into the gravel/ sand I have in tank

Thanks. I have glofish danios in my kids 10g and they swim around like crazy and chase the neons in with them. Are they a good mix with the angels cuz i do like how active they are

I have a 36g bowfront that I recent stocked with two angelfish and some cories. Looks kind of boring as they all hide most of the time. Looking for some colorful swimming fish to add without horribly overstocking tank. I was thinking a sunburst or highfin platy or school of Celebes rainbow or...

They finally realized I had fed them so now they are out.

Our 36g bowfront finally cycled last week, so we went to LFS and my daughter picked out two angelfish. Brought them home and drip acclimated them for an 1 1/2 before putting in tank. A couple of times I have been afraid they were dead but found them hiding in back corner of tank by a...

Tank cycled and brought home two angels and a school of filigree cories. They seem lost in the tank. Spent most of first day by sponge filter but move around some now. Is it normal they don t come to the surface to eat? Have been eating but only as flakes and blood worms sink to them. Seem to...

after leaving it for two days, dosed ammonia to 1ppm yesterday around noon. This afternoon at noon ammonia =0, nitrite = 0, nitrate = 60 (between 40 & 80 on chart) and ph still at 7.3. just dosed tank to about 1.5ppm anxious to see what results are tomorrow. if 1.5ppm is converted to 0/0...

After water change. Ph back under control today. Nitrites still off charts. Nitrates over 40 again. Leaving it alone for another day

Tested water again tonight. after dosing to 4ppm of ammonia yesterday afternoon, ammonia is at zero. nitrites off charts, nitrates at 80ppm. However, Ph has fallen to 6.6. i think i have three choices... should do a pwc to get the ph back up and then redose ammonia? should i redose...

18 hrs later.... Thanks for input. This is only my second tank and my first attempt at fishless cycling. Trying to have patient, but it is harded to stare at empty tank than I thought, and even harder to keep explain to wife and kids why its still empty (funny, the kids are actually getting...

stalled at nitrite spike? started seeing nitrites on monday. next day they went off the API test chart and actually on 2nd day I noticed the drops turning purple as they settled in test tube. Nitrates got as high as 40+ppm and ammonia keeps decreasing so I am pretty sure cycle is working...