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I had one die overnight. Seemed to be stable. I'm testing at 0-0-0 now and the PH has come down to 8. TDS is around 200 now. I did add a new Indian almond leaf 2 days ago with a 10% water change. I'm going to go ahead and give it another shot. I just don't see what could have gone wrong. I'm...

Good to know your Ph is the same. I have the drip line ready to go with an airline valve. I also have the tape and container ready to go. They said they'd be getting more on Friday. Im going to give them another shot based on their return policy and the amazing color of the shrimp. I'll aim for...

First i saw Ammonia get to 4ppm, then it almost all disappeared as the nitrite went to 5ppm+(water test only goes that high). Then both dropped to 0 a week or so later and the Nitrate was 70ppm or so. I did a 70% water change and the Nitrates were at 10ppm and have held there. I'll try that...

I will step up the amount of prime during water changes then. That long!? Ive had plants since the first week and had some pest snails from those plants. I did get two big zebra nerrite snails with the shrimp. They've had zero issues eating almost all the algae since I got them. I have food...

A month for the cycle. I'm super impatient, but I used stability the first week. Using a air powered sponge filter and waited for my nitrite and ammonia to stay at 0 for 4 days with no water changes. I should mention it was fish less. I added food to the tank every 3 days and saw my levels go...

I got my first Shrimp(Red Cherry) on Friday and thought all my parameters were good. I waited a long time to make sure the cycle was complete. I've averaged 2 dead a day so far. The last one looks like he molted before he died(around lunch today). The rest still had their deep/bright red color...

My beta tank is currently housing 1 male CRS. He survives fine, but hides constantly. My beta is pushy. He doesn't seem to bite(mouth isnt big enough), but he does chase him around. The shrimp is much faster than the beta. I feel bad, I'm waiting for my 10 gallon to cycle before putting him in...

My Anubius came from another tank and had black beard algae on just the tips of a few leaves. I soaked it in a 10% bleach solution for 6 minutes and then rinsed(in treated water) and dried it. After that I planted it in the substrate(not the rhizome just the roots). I feel like I had that cob...

I seem to have an issue with brown algae currently. I'm still in the process of fish less cycling my tank and noticed the brown algae 2 days ago. It seems to be covering a lot of my sword leaves and has spread to my baby tears and I think my dwarf grass. I'm wondering if I got this from the...

Ohh ok. I think I get it now. Bacteria not cycling properly if the PH is too low makes total sense now. I did a 25%-30% change this morning. I'm going to run my Airstone 24/7 for now on and cut the co2 off until this tank appears cycled. I think that may be the cause of this brown algae I'm...

The local petco didn't have hardness or TDS testing kits. Bummer. I did talk to a guy there and he told me the hardness shouldn't be a factor when cycling a tank(at least with water from our city). He recommended RO if I get into crystals. He said he breeds shrimp mostly. Just the parameters I...

I know for sure the Ph is almost a prefect 7 out of the tap. My city water is very good and not super hard. But that's going off the yearly newsletter. I dont have a tester for hardness ir TDS yet. Maybe I'll swing by the store and get one. I dosed some terra fert a week ago. It's 0-0-.1. Ive...

I have a 10 gallon planted tank that I'm currently 2.5 weeks into fishless cycling. The LFS recommended I use Sea Chem Stability so I've been using that for about 6 days. I took some readings this morning and here are my numbers. Seems off the charts to me, but this is the first tank I've had to...

Just did my first water test at the 2 week mark here. Here were the results. PH 7 Nitrite: 0 ppm Nitrate: 5 ppm Ammonium: 0 ppm Do these numbers look ok? I currently have a Delta Tailed Beta male in there. He seems super happy so I assume everything is good with the tank.

Good to know. Thanks for responding.

Back Story: My friend wanted to get rid of his aquarium. He was tired of cleaning it, and I was happy to get my first tank. I don't see how a tank that small could be that much work, but I like water and find it peaceful to look at. It took me 30 mins to scrape algae and get the tank looking...