Please Help!

[BNixon1228]

The cycle was complete in three and a half after setup.

 

[Fishlover3578]

I have been using prime once I a while and a generic water conditioner at times and I added stability today onto my filter media on all tanks tomorrow I get used filters hope to speed it up with them

 

[Dlee13]

The java moss is lowlight which is why I got it I have guppies in my tanks and 29 gal has cory car and the 2.5 a snail tht will prob be rehomed

I don't think I can get Java Moss where I live, and aparently the quarintine laws in my state dont allow me to buy plants online

 

[BNixon1228]

Three and a half weeks.

 

[Fishlover3578]

The cycle was complete in three and a half after setup.

Weeks or months

 

[Fishlover3578]

Lol wish I could delete tht

 

[Fishlover3578]

I don't think I can get Java Moss where I live, and aparently the quarintine laws in my state dont allow me to buy plants online

Ask around I asked someone at Petsmart tht works there and owns a tank and he sold me some

 

[phin9009]

Have you used aqadvisor? I been researching what types match and stuff like that but have used aqadvisor mostly just for stocking percentages. For me I am building my tank around my Betta so I'll have the one Betta, 8 Neon Tetras, 5 peppered cory and possibly one Oto later down the track.
For my 20g I bought it as one of the starter kit types with an overhead filter built into the hood. If I had bought everything separately it would have cost a huge amount and a hood was a must since Betta's are jumpers and I have a cat.

Yeah, I believe it said I am around 103% stocked but have plenty of filtration. So we shall see. I'll do pwcs as necessary to keep my fish happy and healthy

 

[Dlee13]

Ask around I asked someone at Petsmart tht works there and owns a tank and he sold me some

I live in Australia and we don't have petsmart, but I may look around.

Yeah, I believe it said I am around 103% stocked but have plenty of filtration. So we shall see. I'll do pwcs as necessary to keep my fish happy and healthy

That's good, mine says 91% so I should be fine once I get mine established. I think I definitely had dead spots since now I added my airstone the water temp seems more even, the biofilm has also gone away.

 

[BristlenoseBoy]

I live in Australia and we don't have petsmart, but I may look around.

That's good, mine says 91% so I should be fine once I get mine established. I think I definitely had dead spots since now I added my airstone the water temp seems more even, the biofilm has also gone away.

If you are in Victoria go to Mentone Aquarium, they have a huge selection and really good advice from friendly staff, I get all of my things from there!

 

[Dlee13]

If you are in Victoria go to Mentone Aquarium, they have a huge selection and really good advice from friendly staff, I get all of my things from there!

Unfortunately I'm in Perth but thanks for the tip ^^

 

[BristlenoseBoy]

No problem

 

[BristlenoseBoy]

Try using stability and prime by seachem, thats what I used when i started my 340 liters bristlenose tank a month ago. Also use stress coat because it really helps when you add new fish into the tank. I bought them all from Petstock, they are an australia wide per store franchise, the stability and prime were about $15 each for 250ml of api stress coat and 100 ml of prime. The prime is a huge concentrate ie. 5ml treats 200 litres of water so you don't need a big bottle of that!!

 

[BristlenoseBoy]

The stability also speeds up the cycling progress by like 4-5 times!!

 

[jwh0818]

The stability also speeds up the cycling progress by like 4-5 times!!

I used the seachem stability with horrible readings. Still took a month to cycle

 

[BristlenoseBoy]

I used the seachem stability with horrible readings. Still took a month to cycle

Really, oh well it worked for me, also you seem to know quite a bit about fish so could you look on my thread and try to help me a bit?

 

[Dlee13]

I checked my Ammonia just then and sadly it is still about 3-4ppm even after having the fish food in there for 2 days I'm running out of options!

 

[Liberty2k4]

Yeah those are the same reasons I'm hesitant to use them as well. I'm more interested in keeping fish, not gardening LOL. The plants where I live are quite limited so I have to research which ones have super low requirements if I ever do get them, but atm I just hve silk plants.

Me too! Lol

 

[Liberty2k4]

My ph is like 7.2 on 10 gal 6.8 on 29 gal and 7.2 on 2.5 gal the 10 gal is newest tank only couple weeks old and 29 gal is a lil over months old and the 2.5 is oldest At 1 1/2 months old I'm getting used filter media tomorrow that's been I 9 mont old tank and media is 6 months old hoping to speed up fish in cycle I have alot airation in 29 gal and ok amounts In others . The person I'm getti filters out isn't taking them out til he is about to transport them I have java moss in all my tanks and when I started tanks I had used rocks in them I'm goin to test water tomorrow

Good luck with your tests! Hope you have more success than I've had

 

[Dlee13]

Me too! Lol

Have you tested your aquarium yet? I'm really stuck for what to do. I think I'm gonna do like 1 75% WC and rinse my filter media again then start over since my tank isn't even registering nitrites yet so I'm wasting my time just waiting and waiting.