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I’m getting a new test kit just to be sure. But I will try that tonight, as well. Thank you!

Hi, I’m cycling a 3.5 gallon tank for my mom. Two days ago I added Fritz ammonium chloride into the tap water. I also took a sponge from an established 25 gallon and squeezed it into the filter media. The next day I added prime (I didn’t know you needed to dechlorinate it fish weren’t in it) and...

Hi again. I added some Cyperus Helferi and another small plant I can’t remember the name, soon going to add some floating plants. Did another water change and I’m at about .25ppm maybe less. Still no nitrites. Before the water change I had a little bit of nitrates again. I’m just wandering how...

Hi again. I added some Cyperus Helferi and another small plant I can’t remember the name, soon going to add some floating plants. Did another water change and I’m at about .25ppm maybe less. Still no nitrites. Before the water change I had a little bit of nitrates again. I’m just wandering how...

Haha, will note of that lol

Oh gosh

Looks really neat! I was thinking of getting a 10 - 15 gallon and giving them each 5 gallons.

Awesome! I’ll look into it, thanks!

Is that a divided betta tank? If so, what size? I’m thinking about doing that eventually

Perfect, thanks!

I just switched my betta over from a 3.5 to a 5 gallon and the light sucks... (see picture). Idk if you can tell but since it’s under the waterfall it does a strobe effect and doesn’t light the front of the aquarium, so there’s shadows and you can see the beautiful colors of my betta. So I went...

Awesome!! Thanks so much for the help! I’m going to go get some hahaha

I have a 5 gallon betta tank and want to get grass like the picture below. If I were to buy dwarf grass, do I need to get seeds for it to spread out and carpet the tank, or if I get a couple, do they grow horizontally ?

Awesome, thanks so much

Thank you so much!

Also, my petco sells plants that are already growing in the aquarium in the little pots. I’ve only ever gotten the top fin ones in the gel. Are these from petco safe/good? There’s fish in there and I’m worried about bringing something into my tank.

Moving him to a 5 gallon currently. Thinking I need more plants lol

Perfect, thank you so much

I just bought a temple compacta. I also bought bacopa to float. Think that will be enough or maybe some more? I also have a moss ball

So should I drain the tap water and put in conditioner water or should I just add prime?

Ok gotcha. I have two swords

Do I need to add water conditioner when fishless cycling? Our tap water is hard and very alkaline. Do I need to add prime or something like Tetra BettaSafe to get rid of the chlorine or can I do that right before I add fish?

So I went from water changes every day, to letting about two days go without doing a water change. 3.5 gallon betta tank up for a month. First tube is ammonia, looks like there is some ammonia but for two days going by it’s pretty low compared to what it use to be Second is nitrite Nitrate I...

Okay trying to cycle 3.5 gallon tank and seen a lot of posts from people who went months without seeing results on their fishless cycling and I’m trying to avoid that. Got the Fritz ammonium chloride and got it to about 2-3ppm. I have three swords in there with root tabs in plain gravel. Took a...

So I’m new to the hobby and I have three tanks (two 3.5 gallons with bettas and a 25 gallon with livebearers) and I’m trying to understand what the best filter media is. I’ve been using the cartridges they come with and I’m watching youtubers and how they kind of roll their eyes at them haha! My...

Okay I understand. Yeah I was told not to change it which makes sense because then you’d be losing all the bacteria you’ve grown. Thank you for the explanation, makes sense :)

Okay this is where I’m a little newbie. When you say “media” what are you referring to? I have the hang on filter with the little cartridges that go in. But I keep hearing “media” and I guess I should know what that is haha

So I have a 25 gallon that isn’t quite cycled, but we are getting there. It has been up for a month so I would think there’s at least SOME beneficial bacteria in there right? If I squeezed it in the water of my moms new tank, do y’all think that would help?

Since finding this forum, I’ve been posting multiple times a day so I’m sorry if you see me multiple times on here but I had so many questions built up and calling local pet retail stores was a dead end because they weren’t really able to answer my questions. So my mom wants a betta and wants...

Thanks! I think I’ll probably just put him in a 5 gallon so I can just switch over the filter like you said. And thank you! He’s so handsome and big my other betta is small and 3.5 is perfect! But Venus just got a burst of growth or something

Hey y’all. So I have a betta, his name is Venus. His 3.5 gallon tank has been up for a month, he isn’t quite cycled yet so I test every day for ammonia and pretty much do water changes whenever it’s present. He’s a very happy betta. Blows bubble nests and grew SO FAST. I’ve had betts growing up...

This is a relief. It makes sense since his body kind of matches the pink in his tail so his true colors must be showing. Hopefully that’s a good sign that he’s healthy!