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    Strange deaths?

    We didn't turn it off completely, only for an 8 hour period per 24 hour day. And the tank wasn't completely without O2 as the filter was still pumping the current and dropping water in through our "waterfall" system, it just doesn't produce as much O2 as the aerators do. But that was the only...
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    Strange deaths?

    Hi all, I have a 55 gallong tank that cycled and has had perfect parameters (0 nitrites, 0 ammonias, 5 nitrates, 7.0-7.2 ph) for the past two weeks. We have two bubble wand aerators, a Rena XP3 filter with a special tubing system that inputs extra water drops over the top, and a small current...
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    Adding a new filter after a cycle...

    Oh yeah, we talked about that. We have a Penguin biowheel filter that is still running sufficiently (even though it is a little noisy too). We are keeping that in, and if I don't keep the Whisper filter I will probably take the bio-bags out of it and put the media in the new filter to "seed"...
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    Adding a new filter after a cycle...

    Thanks for the suggestions. I actually bought a Rena Xp3 filter today (it was on sale for $179). It moves 350gph and is for up to 100 gallons, so it should be more than sufficient for my tank size. My nitrites have also gone down to 0 again so things are in order. I will probably assemble...
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    Adding a new filter after a cycle...

    There are fish in it, but I was thinking I could leave the biowheel filter on for a bit longer as it seems to have quieted down a little. The whisper filter is the one that is really noisy now. We tried rinsing it but that didn't help. I was seriously considering a cannister filter - it is a...
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    Adding a new filter after a cycle...

    Hello again, My tank finally cycled again after months of waiting. Now, both of my filters have decided to start acting up. I was wondering if it wasn't sand getting into the motors somehow, as they are both functioning but they are rattling so loud I can't sleep at night because the noise...
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    Close to end of cycle?

    Thanks for the responses guys. I've been using Amquel as one of my "water conditioners" the past two days just to try and combat the nitrites that have been plaguing me. I also vaccum a bit with each water change, but I'm trying to avoid sterilizing the tank with too much vacuuming. I am...
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    Close to end of cycle?

    Hi all, I think the our tank might be close to the end of its second (unexpected) cycling process. The ammonias finally went from 8.0 down to 0. Now, the Nitrates are up to between 10-20 again (they were at 5) and the nitrites are spiking at 1.0 and moving on up. I have been doing daily...
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    Rosy Tetra not eating, not happy?

    I think my original pH problems were because we have soft water, low alkalinity and so the pH didn't maintain once it was in the tank. It came out as 7.0 but with the goldfish we used to have and the CO2 in the water (because we removed our plants), it just couldn't stay at 7.0. So it sank so...
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    Rosy Tetra not eating, not happy?

    I'm using an API test kit (drops, not strips). I don't have a Nessler kit - I was told that the Nessler kits sometimes give false readings if you use chemicals like Ammolock and Amquel... or that they will give a high reading of ammonia because they read both NH3 and NH4. My kit uses...
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    Rosy Tetra not eating, not happy?

    I wondered about that, but we have a dropper test system and it isn't a nessler test (which we were told was the most unreliable), so I'm not sure why it is reading that high unless, like I mentioned before, the less toxic ammonia portion is higher than the toxic (because the test may read the...
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    Rosy Tetra not eating, not happy?

    Yeah, we've been doing water changes every day (yesterday I did two because the pH was so high after my husband did the first). We did a 45% waterchange the day before yesterday and today, and the ammonias went up to 8.0 after two hours. I've kept adding ammolock though (which claims to...
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    Rosy Tetra not eating, not happy?

    Still bad. Nitrites are .25 right now which isn't terrible but any amount bothers me. Nitrates are less than 20 (around 10-12 I think), and Ammonias are (get ready for it...) 4.0. I know this is supposed to be extremely toxic, so either my fish are superheroes, or it is predominantly the...
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    Rosy Tetra not eating, not happy?

    Hmmm, I think maybe it was the pH because after I did another water change and the pH went down a bit, the Rosy's color is picking up again. She still doesn't appear to be eating much though - I wonder if she eats something other than the flake food that we were told she would eat? Maybe I...
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    Rosy Tetra not eating, not happy?

    Oh I definately don't plan to add anymore fish. I wouldn't have added these if I hadn't been told that we were "ready" (and the water quality was good at that time). Now I'm just trying to keep them all alive. I don't think the pet store "babysits" fish for you when your tank goes wacko, do they?
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    Rosy Tetra not eating, not happy?

    My Rosy Tetra is losing color and won't eat with the other Tetras. She has lost two partners (for some reason, when we brought them home, the first Rosy Tetra died, was replaced and his replacement died the next day). I asked the pet store if she would be lonely and they said no, but she...
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    Hello all, I'm new here...

    Thank you everybody. :-)
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    Hello all, I'm new here...

    Oh, it wasn't just sitting - we had a Pleco in there the whole time. We were feeding him and he was creating waste. And we had been testing the ammonias and they had gone up to a high point and then come down again, as well as the nitrites, nitrates... that is why we assumed that it had cycled...
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    Hello all, I'm new here...

    I am making the requisite introduction (as requested). My name is Amber, and I'm a fishoholic. My husband and I are trying to get our 55 gal. tank to "normalize" as it has been rather neurotic of late. We had 4 comets, which we recently found a new home for. The tank was in a state of...
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