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I appreciate your opinion on this but now that I'm in the middle of a fishless cycle, any fish I add will soon be a dead fish. Thanks anyway!

So..today the ammonia is completely gone like the last past 5 days. I did a HUGE water change yesterday. My tap Ph is 8.2 and the Ph dropped from 7.8 to 6.8 in 24 hours. That's why I did the change. The Ph in my tank seems to be happy around 8.0. It hung out there during the start of my...

The nitrite first showed up 6 days ago

Hello all, I have been cycling and following the links on this website to a tee. It has seemed like I was on pace to have a relatively quick cycle but a couple things has me confused. First, I have a api master kit at my nitrate seems erratic at times. Again, I following instructions to a...

I appreciate all the advice!

The water in the tank is the same ph - 8.2. I have already declorinated and have filters and air pump and heater running almost 24 hours

I'm about to start cycling. I tested my tap water with a api master kit. Ammonia-.25 nitrite and nitrate 0. The Ph reads 8.2 tho. Will this come down some as I go through the cycle? Also, what should I do when I do a pwc? One other question. When I dose my tank with ammonia, are we...

Gawang Thank you! The non adjustable had me a little uneasy as well but I wanted to make sure it was a reasonable concern. Mumma The link was very helpful! Thank you Fair winds and following seas

Gawang I figured the heating was my main shortfall. It's a 100 watt heater and you recommended a 250 watt so could I just add a 150 or is the single 250 better IYO? Also, do I need a specific type of bulb or will any flourescent work? Fair winds and following seas

I'm just getting started. I was given almost everything I need to get going but i"m worried some of the equipment is inadequate. It's a tall tank (as tall as wide) I plan on doing a tropical tank that will be well stocked. (I have more than enough filter capacity for my tank so I can be a...

Hello to all, I'm a beginner at aquarium keeping but just recently my father-in-law gave us a tank. It's approx. 42 gallons empty and would probably be considered a hex tank. I started doing research this week and visiting LPS's and I'm very excited to get started. I can already tell this...