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I've been cycled for a while, but I've been dosing pure ammonia and waiting patiently for celestial pearl danios. Supposedly, they won't arrive until Tuesday or Wednesday. They can't give me an exact day. I do realize that doing the big 90% water change the night before is important. If I do the...

Hi! This is my 10 gallon tank. I plan on getting some Celestial Pearl Danios soon. I've read that they are shy and need a lot of cover. I've just started planting real plants, so most of what you see is silk. I just added some floating anacharis, which is not in the picture. You can see the wood...

In my 10 gallon tank, I tried a couple of pieces of frogbit to give some future shy celestial pearl danios some cover and also to amuse my future shrimp. It was a failure. The frogbit either died because my tank is covered or because the surface is too rough due to my bubble breathing dragon. I...

I'm a night owl. I was wondering if it's okay to set my timer to be on when I'm home from work and doing night owl activities. I live in a half underground apartment, which does get light, but not much. Unless it's really cloudy, I don't have to use lights during the day to see what I'm doing...

I've been following this cycling process: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f15/the-almost-complete-guide-and-faq-to-fishless-cycling-148283.html Do I have to do the 90% water change the night before I get fish? I'm asking this for two reasons. One reason is that the person who helps me...

I have a 10 gallon tank and I've just added java moss and frogbit. I currently have this light: Aqueon® T8 Full Spectrum Daylight Fluorescent Aquarium Lamp | Lights | PetSmart Should I switch it out for this light? Aqueon® Floramax T8 Fluorescent Aquarium Lamp | Lights | PetSmart or will my...

Two days ago, After over 3 months of cycling, I was ready to get some fish. I did my 90% water change the night before and was practically out the door to buy fish when I tested the water and found...nitrites! You lovely people diagnosed this as ammonia in my tap water. Needless to say, I'm...

Because my 10 gallon tank is newly cycled and immature, I've had to fall out of love with neon tetras. My new love is the celestial pearl danio. Eventually, I would like to get blue velvet shrimp, too. I realize that the fish I get may pick at the baby shrimp, but I'd rather have that than an...

Everything was going great. My PH was great. My nitrites were 0. My ammonia was 0. My nitrates were 20. I did a 90% water change last night and did not put in any ammonia. After work tonight, I was literally minutes from going out the door to go to Petsmart to get neon tetras when I noticed my...

Hi! I need your help...please? My big plan, when I'm done cycling, is to add 8 neon tetra to my 10 gallon tank and then add cherry shrimp later on. I've been using the cycling instructions on this forum using no shortcuts. I've been cycling since June. On Sept. 20th, I hit the no nitrites (API...

Hi! I've got a Marineland 5 gallon hex. I just bought this stuff (see link) Marineland Bonded Filter Pads at PETCO in hopes of replacing the carbon cartridge. I've read that you don't really need carbon. Since a majority of the good bacteria live in the filter media, I'd rather have something...

Hi! I'm new here. I'm in the middle of cycling two tanks, and I've been using this forum as a research tool...and using the forum to keep my blood pressure in check. Ha ha! I'm planning to put a betta fish in my 5 gallon tank and put 8 neons and 5 cherry shrimp in my 10 gallon tank. Wish me...