Nonie
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi there,
I have a 29 gallon tank. I started on April 2 (it's now May 25) with a 5 gallon. Then a week ago I set up the 29g, moved all the filter media over, plus got an active sponge from angelsplus and some filter sludge from Aquarium Solutions. The tank is steady at 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 5 nitrate. pH is 8.2 consistently. I test the water daily.
It's a planted tank, with hornwort, duckweed, java fern, java moss, anubias, and 3 moss balls. Gravel substrate on one side, sand on the other. Several rocks and decorations.
I have an aqua clear 50 HOB, plus the sponge filter with an air pump. Heat is a constant 78.
Last night I did a 30% water change and some housekeeping to clean out some brown algae.
This morning I am missing an ember tetra. I have a half-moon male betta, 6 (now 5) ember tetra, a bristlenose pleco (about 1-1/2"), a nerite snail, and several small Ramshorn snails that came from my angelsplus shipment.
I searched the filter, no fish in there. I haven't poked around the substrate yet. If it died (well, it must have because it's definitely not swimming around anywhere), would the other critters have eaten it?
Everyone appears to be healthy.
I have a 29 gallon tank. I started on April 2 (it's now May 25) with a 5 gallon. Then a week ago I set up the 29g, moved all the filter media over, plus got an active sponge from angelsplus and some filter sludge from Aquarium Solutions. The tank is steady at 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 5 nitrate. pH is 8.2 consistently. I test the water daily.
It's a planted tank, with hornwort, duckweed, java fern, java moss, anubias, and 3 moss balls. Gravel substrate on one side, sand on the other. Several rocks and decorations.
I have an aqua clear 50 HOB, plus the sponge filter with an air pump. Heat is a constant 78.
Last night I did a 30% water change and some housekeeping to clean out some brown algae.
This morning I am missing an ember tetra. I have a half-moon male betta, 6 (now 5) ember tetra, a bristlenose pleco (about 1-1/2"), a nerite snail, and several small Ramshorn snails that came from my angelsplus shipment.
I searched the filter, no fish in there. I haven't poked around the substrate yet. If it died (well, it must have because it's definitely not swimming around anywhere), would the other critters have eaten it?
Everyone appears to be healthy.