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Sooo, I was wondering, I was able to borrow my buddies sponge from his 55gal, full of good bacteria for my fishless cycling tank, put it in about 2 days ago, and been dosing ammonia up to 2-4ppm, and within the 8 hrs it goes to 0ppm... FOR Nitrites, When i get the water in the tube, i put 5...

Guys, So my friend just gave me his sponge from his 55gal tank to put in my tank to boost the cycle. (or finish it up quicker) I had nitrites in tank off the charts already for 1.5 weeks, and seeing nitrates now. So to boost it even more, he gave me his whole sponge from his running tank. So my...

Guys, So my friend just gave me his sponge from his 55gal tank to put in my tank to boost the cycle. (or finish it up quicker) I had nitrites in tank off the charts already for 1.5 weeks, and seeing nitrates now. So to boost it even more, he gave me his whole sponge from his running tank. So my...

I'm in the middle of doing fish less tank cycle (about 3 weeks in) no nitrite yet.. Ammonia around 3.0-2.0 ppm and ph around 8.0 (added baking soda to boost ph as they went down to 5.8 first week) ... Well I noticed these things developing on my filter intakes and outtake... Some orangish...

Hey guys, Im doing fishless tank cycle for the very first time. I had my tank running for around 6 days now, I have few live plants as well as fake plants with one center piece ornament inside the tank. My question is, I been monitoring the water levels every day, ammonia, and ph mainly.. not...

So... after doing hrs of research and reading lots of different posts online and here, I decided to do a fishless cycle this time around in my 40gal long tank. I have purchased the Fluval 306 canister filter, and put the water in last night, let the filter run for 24 hrs, and today I purchased...

Hey guys, Im in the middle of setting up my Fulvar 306 Canistar filter, and im running into issues of being able to fit that filter in my cabinet (its stands a bit too tall for the shelving size) so im trying to find out if it be okay to put the canister behind the aquarium tank? (see pics) OR...

Hey fish lover gang! I'm in process of cleaning out my old freshwater fish tank right now, I took all fake decor out, and draining the water at this moment. (soo much crap stuck between all of the fake decor plants and rocks! pretty gross!!) Anyways, What should i do to get my tank and that...

Sooo, I have had some trouble getting my tank cycled even after having it running for 3 months, my Ammonia was above 2.0-4.0ppm daily before PWC and pH gradually dropping from 7.2 all the way down to 6.0. Today I decided to do a bigger water change and take out my FAKE ornaments, some what...

Hello, im new to the forums, been active in few other fish keeping forums but heard lots of good things about this particular one, so I’ll settle here for now and give it a try =) First thing first, Im an amateur in fish keeping and by no means an expert. Im seeking some advice from some of you...

Trying to ask a question, but when i try to post the article i get this error msg "The number of tags you tried to add to this thread exceeded the maximum number of tags by 1" what does this mean? help please