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I'm bumping up one of my tanks from 10 to 20 gal. I'm thinking of changing from pool filter sand to black sand. Even though I have let the bio wheel for the new filter soak in the existing tank and going to use some of the water from old to new tank would I be losing to much of the beneficial...

I'm curious on this point, how often do you guys clean your actual filter, not the media but the intake tube or the return spout. Not with my weekly water changes but how often?

Anybody have advise. I have a great looking betta who had been fine for a long time. All of a sudden. Lathargic, weird positioning, swimming slow, not a huge appetite and just hangs out by the heater. Water parameters are perfect. Have don the Epsom salt laxative and tried blanched peas. He...

I'm interested in your guys thoughts. I have an established octagon 25 gallon tank. It's about 40" tall. I have 2 (body size) angel fish in it now I wanted to add some more my idea was to add 5 or 6 hatchets and 3 cories..over stocking or would be cool. I do weekly w/cs and tank is healthy?

My 10 gallon has a small diatom problem I think. Water parameters are fine I think. Ammonia .25 Nitrite 0 Nitrate <10 So thinking about a octo catfish and cleaning plants and filter with mild bleach solution. Big question is, I'll leave the filter media in the tank when I clean the filter but...

Do you guys alway have a quarantine tank running? Or just when ya get new fish. If not what if you have an emergency and need to transfer a fish. You won't have time to cycle it? I'm new at all this so let me know if I'm over thinking this... Thanks

Question for anyone..I am cycling a 25 gal FW tank. My nitrites are at 0, nitrates are between 100 and 130, my ammonia drops from 4-5ppms to 0 48 hrs after I add ammonia. Is the tank cycled or do I need the ammonia to drop to 0 in 12 hrs???

So I am cycling a 25 gallon FW tank, (fish less ) and the filter I have ( aqua clear 40) came with a carbon pack. Should I leave that out of the filter since I am dosing with ammonia? Won't the carbon cause problems with that?

Ok I'm really confused. I'm at the end of the cycle. Tested my water today nitrites finally dropped to 0 but now ammonia is at 1-2 ppm it has been dropping to 0 every 24-48hrs!! I'm confused. Is the ammonia not being processed? I figured at this point I could do my big water changed and be...

I just got done cycling a 5 gallon FW tank (fish less) with ammonia. I took a while but seemed to be pretty straight forward. I now have a 25 gallon FW tank I'm starting. Any thought on using the starter bacteria you can buy or is using ammonia my best bet?

General question, I'm setting up a 5gal mini-bow tank with a Betta, and prob 2 guppies. Is a circulation pump neccesary? If so what is the gph to sauce of tank ratio? Thanks

I am just finishing up my fishless cycle of a 5 gal fw tank. Durning the cycle when it seemed it had stalled I went to a lfs and they said I should get a piece of live rock to put in there to house the bacteria. I did and things are under way. But the rock is real big. I was wondering once...

Hey guys glad to be a part of the site. So here is my story, I inherited 2 guppies in a 3 gallon dirty tank from my daughter. By luck kept em alive for a couple years cleaning out the tank completely every month! LOL. Then added 2 plecostomus oops. All dead. New nothing about ammonia levels...