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Oops my bad, meant to tell Brittany that i was on the same boat, focused on the dead fish, the LFS guy and my bad experience that i forgot to tell Brittany her poor fish could die if we dont change the water like crazy and keep ammonia as low as possible when the tank is not ready. Thanks to...

Caleb, pls do tell me about it. Ive been changing 50% of water when i found the a spot on the fish. The day he got home, he had white feces but i didnt know it was the 1st sign of sickness. Started searching and reading then I checked them out everyday, did water test and started 50%PWC and...

Poor thing :-( too bad if you cant return those poor fish. I did the same thing you did. Since my tank was not cycled, i killed 10 tetras, 1 pleco, 2 german rams, 2 SAE, (not to mention I traumatized my kid when he saw the fish died) just because the LFS guy told me it was A-ok with all the...

Hi Caleb and all, thanks for your speedy reply and great advise. I had problem logging in, then i had to race to Lfs for the Seachem Prime to save the poor fish, then my little boy got sick the whole wk after catching some germs from school, then the fish got ich until now. Having the fish...

Hi there, I'm a newbie. my 12 gal tank was done cycling and I have 6 glofish tetras and 3 ghost shrimps for a wk. Api test kit is used. N1 7.6, n2 0, n3 0, n4 10. Temp 78. Java fern, water wisteria, Anubias, water lily with gravel. Api water conditioner is used (.25 mL for 5 gal). After I...

Hi Caleb and all, thank you very much for your guidance. I'm finally done with the fishless cycling. 7.6 n1, 0 n2, 0 n3 and about 20 n4. I did 75% pwc yesterday as n4 was so high. It's over 4 wks to comple cycling. Just awesome ;-). Thanks a bunch. Wonder if I need a new thread about how...

Hi Caleb and all, hope you all have a great week. As i turned off the light for fishless cycling, my cabombas started falling apart. I went to the lfs and got some water wisterias. I asked them to check my water sample. 0 n2, 2 n3, 40 n4 (well, ive been pwc like crazy until Caleb told me to...

Caleb, you're right. It is a fish less cycling. Fish were all dead. Once in a while I see them in my dream, that's why I go for fish less cycling this time instead of giving up having some fish. It's a little tank, it'd be nice if someone can tell me how long it usually takes to complete the...

Thanks for your guidance, Caleb. I thought pwc is needed when readings are way too high :rolleyes: Too much work for the little tank but it's better than waking up in the middle of the night because i saw those poor little fish gasping for air. :(. So, dont worry about readings, no water...

Hi Caleb and all the experts ��, my little is still in the cycling but the readings are strange. Temp 80F, n1 under 7.6, n2 1, n3 around 5, n4 almost 40, after I had pwc 70%. The past 3 days, the readings were so high and I had pwc everyday: 90%, 50%, 50%. I keep n2 at 3, after I...

After I checked one of the posts, I thought it's a great idea: higher temp will speed up the process, so, I crank it up to 84F. Should I go back to 78 or keep 84 until the cycling is done? Pls advise. Thank you.

Hi Caleb, thank you so much for your speedy reply. Thanks for your info. I did mean to ask one question but one question led to another and that's why I had tooooo many questions instead of one. My temp was 78 but today I crank it up to 84. Should I lower the temp to 75 for the measurement...

Hi there, I'm a newbie. 12 gal in fish less cycling right now, after I killed a bunch of fish :(. I didn't do my homework and was 100% stupid! Very glad I found this website with all the valuable info. Here are my readings after 9th day, using Api kit: n1: 7.6. n2: 0. n3: .25, n4: 40. I've...