Christina717
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ok i let a glass of water sit out overnight and it was at 6.0 there was no change from the tap to letting it sit overnight
Christina717 said:ok i let a glass of water sit out overnight and it was at 6.0 there was no change from the tap to letting it sit overnight
kindafishy said:I am on day four of my cycle. Ends out, for various reasons I don't like the (internal) filter I bought and have decided to upgrade to a bigger (external) one.
I have ordered and am waiting for the new one. I probably should receive it this week.
Both filters are the same brand, and the bio-media is the same for both -- there is just more of it used for the external filter. So obviously, I am going to transfer all the media from the current filter into the new one before adding some new additional bio-media.
So here is my question : while I am waiting for the new filter, could I just stick some of the additional bio-media (which I already have) that will be added to the new filter directly into the tank? I can't add it to the current filter because there is no room -- but could it just go right in the tank? I am thinking that this could make up for any lost time that I might have because of my filter switch.
For info, I am dealing with API bacti-stars as a bio media.
What do you think of my idea?
kindafishy said:Thanks very much!
Christina717 said:I went out today and bought some crushed coral..the picture you showed me only $13 for a 15lbs bag not bad...I put some in a panty hose and droped it in my water...i would put it in my filter but it doesnt fit...I have an aquaclear 20 which has the sponge and instead of the carbon stuff i bought a ammonia one and put the middle and the block pieces are at the top whatever their called.
I put about a nice handfull or 2 into the panyhose..should I be woried about it being too high now?
Christina717 said:darn alright I took it out right away! so now all I have is the sponge and the things that sit at the top it think its biomax and at the top of that i put in some crushed coral.....my water is verycloudy now! will that affect anything?
Christina717 said:Alright and thnx again lol glad I got this all figured out now haha or later down the line i would of ran into some problems I want my goldy to live FOREVER haha
kindafishy said:Is this even possible on only DAY 4 ???????????
Wasn't expecting it, tested out of boredom. Looks like 0.5 or 1.0; hard to say because it is night and no more daylight here (colors are hard to read) so will test again tomorrow morning. Having an even harder time reading the ammonia color, but looks lighter than yesterday.
Nitrites? Already? Day 4? Possible?
Did you use any type of seeding material or cycling product? (sorry if you already mentioned that). Anything is possible, but I'd expect we'd definitely have to see a drop in the ammonia level before no2 shows up.
kindafishy said:No seeding material, just a squirt of JBL Filterstart in the filter.
I do think that the ammonia dropped, it is just hard to tell how much w/out daylight.
Ugh. Bottled bacteria does weird things...and some brands cause real concerns for me...but it's not always the end of the world. It would take me about an hour to type out all my thoughts on cycling products...so instead I'll just include a link about a similar one. I've researched these products deeply, and there's only a couple I would let near my tank...that's not one of them. Again though, it's not a disaster, just something worth keeping an eye out for.
This thread isn't about the same product...but it's very similar and the same info applies. It's long...but let's just say it's an entertaining read...especially near the end
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f12/seachem-stability-168704.html