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Fish are in!  Check out my Journal... HERE!

Well, we have fish!!!   I picked up some on Friday at my LFS and got them settled over the weekend.    Picked up 2 Electric Yellows, 1 Red Zebra (looks orange), 2 Electric Blues and 1... Well i'm not sure.. he's yellow and black stripes but its horizontal not vertical.    Anyway, they are all...

Ha! Soo true :) Yes, I'm actually going to be ordering a pump soon. Purchased the babies today :) They are soo little!! I'll post pics in my journal. (Once I can take a good one, they are fast!)

Aww, I'm sorry to hear about your fish Larry :(   Was just coming to check and see how he was.      little guy

We are cycled!!!       Did a 50% water change today..  Its a lot of work to "Bucket Brigade" 15 gallons of water at 8am haha   Tested the Nitrate and we are at 20ppm   Planning to buy fish tonight (Cichlids here I come!) and water change again on Monday to get the Nitrate under control.   Going...

Checked the tank, ammonia & nitrite is 0 Going to full dose to 3ppm and test in 24hrs. I think we are almost done.

Its working now,    Thank you :)

Sure..    Here's the screenshot  

Good Afternoon,    I was researching on the African Cichlid forum for Old World Mbuna cichlids and noticed that I cannot view attachments of photos for the following posts..   http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/34980-frontosa/  ...

Good Morning Fish Keepers..   So here's an update on my tank, we are still cycling but making progress!    I had placed some new rocks in the tank... Whatcha think?         Going to add some more rocks for the tank to give them further hiding places..    Cannot wait to get some fish for this...

Good Morning Fish Lovers!    So, we have great news...   I finally have NITRITE!!.... only took two weeks to get here! lol Did a reading this morning of 0.25ppm   Ammonia came down from 0.25ppm to 0ppm on the 20th of July and I made full dose of 4oz of Ammonia   I have been testing the ammonia...

Ammonia Update..    Ammonia is 0.25ppm   Things are moving forward in a 24hr period.    So its processing approx 4ppm per 24hrs.    Will wait till 0 and then full dose again. 

Ammonia Reading this morning is 1ppm,    Nitrites are still 0 (not surprised)   I'm sure the NitrAtes are through the roof, should i water change? or should I just wait it out..   Does a high nitrate make the cycle slow down?

Ammonia update from 24hrs ago.. Reading is 2ppm from 4ppm (full dose of 4oz) Will test again in 24hrs

Good Morning, Yes, that was a typo. I was at a friends when responded and could not remember the drops. Ammonia is 8 each bottle Nitrite is 5 Nitrate is 10 drops Thank you for pointing that out :)

Update:   Speaking with Eagle on chat we realized that my cycle is on track and that the lack of nitrite is a fluke..    I was below .25ppm in ammonia and my nitrate was 40-80ppm   I did a full dose and will keep you posted on the results 24hrs from now.    Thank you all for your help!    One...

ok, took another reading..    Rinsed the vial in tank water, after rinsing it in tap water.    Shook the bottles "to death" and did the usual testing   its been 5 mins, readings are Ammonia 0.5ppm (almost looks like 0.25ppm) Nitrite 0ppm   I did a dose of 1cc (literally with a syringe) at 1:30pm...

  Hey TTA,    As for water from the surface, yes.. i've been taking it from there, so this time I took it from the middle and am awaiting results.    No, i've never rinsed the vial in tank water before sampling, never thought of that.. will try it    Yes, use the cap for shaking, not my finger...

Hey guys/gals.. I did a reading once I got home, the nitrate reading was 5ppm Didn't have time to do a nitrite or ammonia test. I did a 1cc dose of ammonia. I have no conditioners in the tank. No detoxifiers for the ammonia Test kit is API Freshwater kit (liquid) Test kit procedure: (this...

  Thanks! i'll check my Nitrates first and then add a snack dose and see what happens tomorrow.   I'll keep you all posted!

Good Morning Fish Keepers, how are we all today?   I have a question regarding my cycling process,    I have a 36gal (113L) tank in the fish-less cycling process right now and I took a reading this morning.  I started the process on July 12th, dosed with ammonia to 3ppm (looked closer to 4ppm)...

Good Afternoon Fireman_jam, Welcome to TTF    Its unfortunate to hear about your recent loss to your 70L tank. Hopefully your next experience is a better one.   To answer some of your questions,    1. Sand is quite common within aquariums and its easy to care for.  There are plenty of videos on...

  Oh, I know!!!  Especially when your tank is just waiting to look amazing!! haha   Hows yours coming Ch4rlie?

30 gallon update (113L)   Checked Ammonia and Nitrite this morning, Ammonia is coming down (around 2ppm) but still no signs of nitrite yet.. will check again tonight and see if I need to do a snack feeding.   This is the hard part.. the waiting      

Welcome Kaliska to TFF!   Yes, we love pics!! Please add lots   

So I filled up the tank with the pool sand and water and started my first dose of ammonia yesterday!     I was playing around with these older style heaters.. they came with 2..     THEY GET HOT!   I wasn't sure what setting to place it at, well I learned what too hot was!     Luckily I...

36 Gallon Update:   So, I checked the tank once I got home last night and the water was still there!! No LEAKS! :) I moved the tank back upstairs and now I am waiting to get it all set up.    Next on the list, rinse the sand and get the water cycling started. Thankfully I have two mature tanks...