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Thanks, Librarygirl. I don't mind waiting (I don't really trust any place around here to provide me with HEALTHY seeded media, lol), but now I know better about how long I might have to wait. And it's good to know I might not necessarily need to change the water daily. I will continue testing...

Lol, good point! That's what my husband keeps reminding me, and I keep forgetting. Well, I will continue to enjoy my hilarious glofish for the next several weeks, then, while waiting for the tank to cycle. :thumb:

Hee! Yay for singing. :D I sing this silly old song we used to sing in Girl Scouts when I was *cough* much younger. ;) I cannot BELIEVE this, but one of my hornworts and 3 stems of anachris got unrooted. I have NO idea how this happened, lol! It was a bunch of plants I had in the back. I had...

Yep, filter media was changed out, and I not only scrubbed down the filter, but I also rinsed it with vinegar just to make sure, before adding new media & putting it in the tank. Okay, thanks. I was convinced that the ammonia spikes would show up immediately, but now that I know it could take a...

So just did another pwc & was *far* less oaf-ish, lol. This time I uprooted only 2 stems of anachris as opposed to half my plants. Fish are far less freaked out this time (maybe they're figuring out that all the bumbling just means they're getting a bath :D ), and thanks to Holly's magnificent...

Hi guys! So here's my situation. Last week, after weeks of waiting for all our aquarium supplies that we ordered online to be delivered, we finally set up our tank. It's a (I think) 25-gal hexagon. We're running an undergravel filter with an air pump and a powerhead, along with a Penguin 150...

Water has cleared up pretty nicely. It's still the tiniest bit cloudy, but not as much as this morning. How often do y'all reckon I should test the water? I know my hubby thinks once a day is enough, but I wonder if I should do so more often while it's still cycling. I know he also thinks I...

Yes, I'm using buckets. A colander is something I never would have considered. I had heard of using a saucer when you're first filling the tank, but not a colander for pwcs. I'll have to try that next time. I would LOVE to get a Python or something similar in the future. Saw one at the same...

Readings still the same (this is the darnedest thing, I swear, lol!) but I went ahead and did my pwc. Of course now my water is REALLY murky (expect it'll clear up after a little while) and my poor little glofish are completely freaked out. lol I need to learn how not to be such an oaf during...

When you're sad when it's lights-off time for your fish tank. And the voice saying "but mooooom, I don't WANT to turn off the lights, I want to keep watching the fish!" is yours, inside your head. :fish2:

Thanks, Jim! It's funny, I didn't even realize just how ideal this setup was until the fishies went in. They absolutely LOVE having all the places to hide and swim around and zip in and out and all around. It's really cool. :) Definitely I'll be doing a pwc in the morning regardless of my...

That's kind of what I was thinking. OTOH, the ammonia & nitrite levels are indeed exactly as they were this am, and the fish are actually more active now than they've been all day (spent a lot of time hiding in the plants this morning & early afternoon). I think I may wait on the pwc till...

Just wanted to say that your Dancer is beautiful! :)

Thanks Sisserydoo! Well my husband thinks I'm nuts, but the tank is starting to look a little cloudy, so I'm doing my 2nd water testing of the day. (He thinks I'm nuts because he sees no need to test more than once a day. Oh well. He's right, I am nuts. :lol: ) I'm thinking I may do a pwc...

Thank you Jim! Appreciate your welcome. :) I'm going to try my hand at adding a couple of photos to this post, so you all can see my tank & new fish. Let's see here... Bottom half of my tank, where most of the exciting stuff is. ;) Fishies at play Top to bottom: Clementine, Gazelle...

Hello Wendy! I am originally from northern Ohio so I had to respond. :) Welcome to AA! I'm a newbie here as well & I love it.

I got my fishies!! Bought 3 glofish danios, one red (pink, really, though I guess it's officially "red" lol), one orange, and one green. Their names are Gazelle, Clementine, and Oscar. They're having a great time exploring their new home. They are so much fun to watch!

Hee, thanks Stingray, always nice to find a fellow smiley addict. ;) Currently, plants-in-awaiting-fish is where I am. Everything looks so pretty. Hopefully will get the first 3 fish this weekend, if not I'll be ordering the first 3 online, lol. I'm actually looking forward to cycling the tank...