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This past thanksgiving I went out of town and left my fish in the care of a friend. I gave her instructions of fish feeding schedule. When I came home a week later, my Betta fishes belly was very swollen. I cut back on his feeding but still no luck. I don't know if he was overfed, or if its...

So it's been a little over 3 months since I started in this wonderful hobbie. My tank is looking lovely, and the community in it is full of excitement and drama. Drama? Yes, as in things like who's the babies daddy and cannibalism and king fish, Damon, being a funny little Betta. Here are some...

Yes.

All set up cycled and fishes in and swimmingly happy. Haha

Thanks so much!! :D

So the tank is all cycled!!! We did a 80% water change and tested this morning and this afternoon and we have a perfectly cycled 55gal tank!! :) Yayyyy!!! Thank-you to you all for helping me and answering my questions! Stay tuned for photos as the community in the tank grows!!! :)

All cycled!! :D did an 80% water change yesterday!

Only up to 1-.50 ppm on October 22nd.

Nitrites still high. Going to do a larger water change. We have 3 bio filters in the 2 filters we have. Should we take one out? Will that help any?

Nitrites are still high the 55gal. But it hasn't been 24 hours yet... :(

After a 50% waterchange: pH:7.6 High pH:7.4 Nitrite: 5ppm Nitrate:10ppm Going to add some ammonia.

Thank-you! That's so sweet of you! I love our stand. It was a great find and works beyond amazing and a stand. Perfect storage. I can't wait till the fish are added in. Which might be very soon!! Lol all we have in now is about 13 or so snails. Tiny guys...but they have been breeding. So cute...

So I tested the water again today. And thwarting nitrate levels jumped! Nitrite: still at 5.0ppm Nitrate: 80 or 160ppm (mom and I have different opinions...) So that jumped a whole lot... We still did a 50% waterchange. Will tell you the test results in a few hours. :)

Cycling Question: We did the waterchance. As seen above. Here are the water readings we got from the past few days... Oct. 17 (after WC) Ammonia: 0 pH: 7.4 Nitrite: over 5ppm (can't read it off the chart.) Nitrate:10-20ppm Oct.18 pH: 7.6 Nitrite: 5ppm (again above the reading chart)...

Cycling Question: We did the waterchance. As seen above. Here are the water readings we got from the past few days... Oct. 17 (after WC) Ammonia: 0 pH: 7.4 Nitrite: over 5ppm (can't read it off the chart.) Nitrate:10-20ppm Oct.18 pH: 7.6 Nitrite: 5ppm (again above the reading chart)...

So we added 4 (of our 10) blue ramshorn snails into the 55gal. To see how they likes the water and if conditions were right. Upon watching them I noticed a small spot on the glass. I looked at it closer and saw it was a very tiny snail. We then remembered that the guy who we got our plans from...

Photos soon?

I love how you have the different higher and lower levels of ground. Like mini cliffs and valleys. Awesome. :)

Love the tank design. You did a fantastic job. :)

Did about a 60% water change to clear the brown water and add moss and new decoration like drifftwood,small pot with moss and a home made rock piece i made. Photos below: New driffwood: Moms missed pot: My homemade rocks I put together. Added moss. The whole tank put together! :)...

So we bought some flame moss and it look exactly like some moss we have growing in our yard up on the hill. So mom went out and collected 2 other type of mosses from the yard and submerged them in water for about 10 days and they are doing fine...she thinks they will be fine to add into the...

So mom noticed this algae growing on our small driftwood. It's a brownish color. It's a flowing fuzzy thing...normal?

Ammonia at 0!! *HAPPY-DANCE* Nitrite very high! And Nitrate at about 20! If it keeps cycling this fast I'll be adding Mr.Finn in a week or so!

The ammonia is at 1 ppm the ntrite is at 5ppl. Do I add ammonia to feed the bacteria but not enough for a reading though?

Small update: still building up the bacteria. Ammonia starting to go down. And the Nitrite is, just barley, starting to show. Now we are still looking up fish and agreeing on what ones to put in. Looking at colors and compatibilitys. Such a slow process but worth it in the end. :)