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    My cycle is..

    Done! woot. 3 day no ammo or trites, no water changes woohoo! im going to keep testing the water, and changing the water accordingly.. but that went smooth....no deaths and all the fish are happy
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    will this sand work for my tank

    the only play sand I can find is at rona, its biomix play sand the other i found was crayola but it was wild colours and I dont want that anyway here is the link to the sand I found Play Sand BOMIX - Rona.ca that wont hurt anything will it? Dee
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    seeing everyone discussing sand...

    makes me wanna put some in my tank. but honestly I wont decide till I know the process and the effect it will have on my cycle/fish how do you go about changing from gravel to sand? im cycling my tank fish in, but im not showing nitrites or nitrates yet, doing plenty of water changes...
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    when would I expect..

    when would I expect to see Nitrites? the ammonia is definatly peeking...im having to do 2 water changes a day to keep my ammonia at 0.25, it was going up to 1ppm in between them but now the past 2 days its barely going to 0.5 im not seeing nitrites yet tho, this is a fish in cycle... I...
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    I dont know if I have a problem or not.

    Doing my water change this morning I noticed something tiny moving in the water. im on week 3 of my fish in cycle so I inspect things fairly closely when im doing my waterchange. so I quick got a magnifying glass from my sons magic kit rofl..... its a zebra Danio fry :o doesnt...
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    will this work

    I went in search of some more prime today, the bottle I had was gifted to me by a friend. the local store diddnt have any ugh...so I got tetra aquasafe plus. will this work similarly for me? im in the middle of doing fish in cycling so im nervous to mess things up Dee
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    Ammonia a bit higher now

    it was at 0.25 consistently, but this morning when I checked it was at 0.5 I did a water change right then (6 am yikes) and it went back down to 0.25 I plan on checking this evening should I start doing my water changes 2x daily till its not spiking so high? or are they on with the prime...
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    im sure this is a dumb question

    but I leave no question in asked. If im using prime with my daily water changes and it neutrilizes the ammonia...how does the effect my cycle? its a fish in cycle... im consistently seeing ammonia of course usually 0.25 any higher and i do pwc otherwise im doing them every morning...
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    id I am already cycling is it too late...

    to consider plants in the aquarium....ive seen pictures here that are stunning... much more so then the plastic plants currently in my tank. what would I need to do to plant plants in my tank, I have gravel in there at the moment, and im a week into my cycle with fish in so im doing daily...
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    A thinking ahead question

    im currently cycling my tank, I ahve zebra danios in it at the moment as I do this im looking to the future and trying to decide what else to put in there once it is cycled. its a 20 gallon tank, I know very little about fish but this tank is a calming tool for my son who has autism[and a...
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    checking ammonia after the water change

    I just did a 50% water change , how long do i wait to test and see how much ammonia there is still left. I got the api kit so i want to get an accurate reading, can I do it right after the water change, or wait awhile? Dee
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    water change question

    I accidentally posted my question in saltwater, opps anyone who can delete it there may do so, but here is my questions... ok newbie dumb questions im sure but I would rather ask and know then be sorry later. I know that soap is bad for the fishtank, I ahve 2 pails that I intend to use for...
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    Water Change question.

    ok newbie dumb questions im sure but I would rather ask and know then be sorry later. I know that soap is bad for the fishtank, I ahve 2 pails that I intend to use for my water change this evening, they were once just multi purpose pails that were used for cleaning, ive given them a good...
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    I am new here

    Hello! I am in the process of setting up a basic 10 gallon aquarium for my son, he has autism and he finds watching the fish my friend has calming. I had a gold fish tank eons ago, and remember it all being fairly simple to do, however I dont want goldfish I read someplace, wish I could...
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