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Thanks for the info. I do have a few plants and will check out the gph on my filter. Thanks again!

I just have the airstone for some air for the fish and decoration. Thanks!

Thanks for the reply. Yes I have checked all the tubing and everything seems good and nothing is bent.

I'm looking for some feedback on a quiet air pump for my aquarium. I have a 55 gallon tank but I only need an air pump for one or two air stones. I have a Rena 200 right now and it's driving me crazy with vibration noise. I had a Rena 200 years ago and it seemed to be very quiet. I started...

Oh okay, thanks! I thought that a community fish tank had to be around 7.0'ish. that's good to hear that 8.0 is fine. I have a few hardy fish in my tank now and they seem to be doing fine. I'm not sure what type I will be adding once my cycle is complete but I was thinking along the lines of...

My 55 gallon tank is still cycling. the ammonia and nitrates aren't looking too bad now that I'm doing partial water changes but the ph is still pretty high. I have tried ph down and correct ph 7.0 but doesn't seem to be touching it. I have heard adding driftwood helps so I added a piece last...

Thank you for the help on the media. I wasn't sure how much you could actually put into the aqua clear 70 media basket without overdoing it causing it to interfere with good filtering for your tank. Also thank you for the heads up on the bypass issue. I haven't heard anything about that so I...

I have an Aqua Clear 70 that I'm using on my fresh water 55 gallon tank. I've been reading where you don't really need the charcoal unless you're medicating. Right now I'm using the sponge, the biomax and one unit of the chemi pure elite. This is only for up to 40 gallons but if I put two bags...

Okay, great. Thank you so much. This is all new to me. I'm so glad I found this website. A lot of useful information and great help.

Thanks! Hopefully they'll make it for a few more days. I didn't push them down far in the gravel. That probably doesn't make too much of a difference tho

Thanks for the info on the plants. I will give this a try once I get the driftwood in my aquarium.

okay, this is probably a stupid question but..... I never have dealt with live plants before so I picked up a few low maintenance plants such as anubias and java ferns. I was told these plants prefer to attach to drift wood. As of now I don't have any drift wood in my aquarium. I ordered...

My tank is still cycling, wanted something to help with the nitrate level and read up where plants can help. I picked up about four plants that I read were low light/low maintenance plants such as Java fern, anubias, water wisteria and hygrophila. I have gravel in my aquarium and stuck the...

Thanks everyone for the useful information and links to articles . I did check my faucet water but unfortunately didn't do it until after the aquarium was filled. I do have nitrates in the water( about 40 ppm) but the nitrites and ammonia are good so that was a relief. Since doing the water...

Thanks for the advice. I wish I would not have gotten the fish until after the water cycled but when told to put a few in to get things started I thought they knew best but now seeing they didn't. they gave me small hardy fish, not sure what they were called but they seem to be doing well. I'll...

Has anyone used prime while aquarium is still cycling? I have a 55 gallon fresh water tank that I set up about 2 weeks ago using quick start. I wish I would have found this website before doing anything. I planned on doing a fishless cycle but was told at one of the local pet stores that I...

Thanks! I will check it when I get home tonight. :thanks:

I have the API test kit. I'm at work now and can't think what number it's at but I'm thinking mabye 40 or 50 ppm (???) it's about the third or fourth box down on the result kit. Thank you so much for all the information you have given me. The one type of fish I have, seems to be doing well...

Thanks for the info. I have well water and didn't realize the nitrates are high in it as well. I was thinking of getting bottled water from the grocery store but have read somewhere that using bottled water wasn't a very good idea either. We have a filter on for drinking water but can only...

I have a 55 gallon freshwater tank that I set up using quick start. I ran it for a week without fish and then think I took some bad advice from a local pet store saying I needed to add fish to get things going. I had 6 hardy fish, I think they are some type of tetras (???), I'm down to 5...