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The nice thing about the TetraMin Tropical Crisps is that rather than being random sized flakes they are all uniform sized little round circle flakes about 1/8" in diameter. So I can very scientifically measure out a certain amount. Today I fed them exactly 20 flakes and the sinking wafer. I...

Thanks for the reply TCTFish. I had no idea that was a bad amount of Nitrate per week. Sounds like I am definitely overfeeding then. Especially considering the copious amount of waste the Platys are producing. I think I will just skip today and then go back to the 2-3 minute rule. Then once...

Hello all, Here is my tank: 20 gal High 2 - Powder Blue Dwarf Gouramis 3 - Mickey Mouse Platys 5 - Neon Tetras 2 - Spotted Julii Cory Cats 2 - Ghost Shrimp 1 - Mystery Snail I saw the original rule of "only feed what they can eat in 2-3 minutes" but I have since seen all kinds of...

Just an update. I came down the next day an BOTH Goruamis were doing it on the same side of the tank. However a few days later both have ceased the behavior and neither has any marks or sores. Seems like you hit the nail on the head Tiffi.

Thanks for the info I'll keep an eye on him. From what I can tell he just started doing this yesterday. We just fed them an hour ago and he is not doing it now, he is all over the tank. I didn't really see him rubbing, just swimming the same pattern over and over again. Again, I'll keep a...

Hello all, I have a new 20g high tank that my son and I set up for Christmas. After a successful fishless cycle we were able to stock the tank two weeks ago with the following: 2 - Powder Blue Dwarf Gourami 3 - Mickey Mouse Platy 5 - Neon Tetras 1 - Spotted Julii Cory Cat 2 - Ghost Shrimp 1 -...

In case anyone is wondering. Below are the links to all of the articles I read on fishless cycling to try and figure out how to do it. I ended up using the method in the last article in the list. However I did not rely completely on the "Ammonia Alert" in-tank monitor. I used a more accurate...

Hello all, This is my first post. I am cycling a new 20 gallon tank with the fishless cycling/household ammonia method. I have gone with the general theory of taking the ammonia up to 5ppm and letting it get back to 0ppm and then adding enough ammonia to get it back to 5ppm. It took about 2...