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So I have been running my first 75g tank for 6+ months now. I ended up getting the much larger aquael 2000. I had an issue with the stock intake filter eating a couple neon tetras. I quickly picked up a eheim pre-filter which solved that problem. I have noticed in my past few cleanings that my...

I also noticed a shortage of inline options. My problem was more unique though since I have an ultramaxx 2000 which has like 3/4 thick tubing. So I only found one in line that came with the right hardware for it and that was a Datoo 300w heater. For me it has been rock solid. Digital controls...

Your tank seems borderline overstocked. to me. 6 tetra x 2.5" each = 15" 4 danios x 3" = 12" 4 barbs x 3" = 12" That ia 39" of fish in a 36 gallon tank. So even when your biofilter is fully established you will still need to be doing extra water changes.

No plants. At least not real ones lol

Not to hijack, but didn't want to make a new thread on something very much related. How fast should Nitrate actually climb in an established tank? I used Seachem matrix which claims it can convert nitrates to nitrogen (blah blah). Now I have noticed that my nitrate level never really rises. It...

I've had a simular experience though I did fish in cycling. My nitrite didn't really show up until after nitrates did then quickly went back to 0... then I had an issue where I was getting little to no Nitrate readings.... well for me it has turned out to be Brown algae (diatoms) eating up all...

After cleaning several times and seeing them come back I decided to grab 3 nerite snails to add to the cleanup crew. These guys actually move all over the tank at a pretty decent pace leaving clean gravel and decoration in their wake lol. The only downside is they gross the wife out, but the...

As has been mentioned fans don't actually cool your room or the temperature of the water (except in an example I will get to later). So your water temp will be unable to drop below your rooms ambient temperature. Now there are ways to drop the temp of something and that is the process we use...

Depending on how you tank setup a fluval 407 might not have enough oomph. I was eyeing one for my 75g tank to replace an undersized eheim that I inherited with it. The problem was that they suggest you turn your tank water over 3+ times an hour and the flowrate of the fluval just wasn't high...

I have 7 glowfish tetras and a gloshark. Had My take setup for a little over 40 days and they were used for fish in Cycling and haven't even been bothered by the process. Though I did make sure to keep all levels low.

When people say they go away on their own do you mean even the brown layer goes away or that it just doesn't continue to spread and just needs a final clean/vacuum? For me the UV light has worked wonders my water is crystal clear.

Well I am on day 40 or 41 (don't have my sheet to check lol) I think my tank is cycled or extremely close haven't seem ammonia or nitrite in days. Though I have no been battling brown algae even after running 10-12 hrs of light. This last one was the second so I soaked all accessories for 15+...

Is it even possible to keep them at 0 or close to it when doing a fish in cycle? Will it disrupt the cycle from being able to complete?

well a quick update. Today makes #32. My readings today are .4 ppm ammonia, .25 nitrite, and 7.5ppm nitrate. today was the first day i was able to see an actual nitrite value. So going to just dose prime daily with small water changes 20-25% every other day to every day as needed to keep levels...

I don't "need" it you are correct, but after no nitrite movement in almost a month I was trying to jump start the process. I am not really using 2 conditioners. I treat my tap water with the api water conditioner to remove chlorine. I used the prime for a few days to de-toxify the ammonia so I...

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I am using the api test kit and the api conditioner. When I first noticed a ammonia jump I did do a couple days of using prime ti get it under .25ppm over several days and water changes, but this was before I understood more about ph and free ammonia.

So today makes 28 days of my adventure into trying to get my tank cycled. I had already started down the fish I'm cycling before I learned about fishless. At first I struggled to get any ammonia to read in my tank so I ended up get a few more fish as needed. As of now I have 7 glofish tetras...

Ok well figured I would post and update. I decided to go with the Aquael Ultramax 2000. With my limited testing when full of media it looks to be pushing right at 350gph or around 1350lph. A little shy of the 375 gph I was shooting for, but should be more than fine. I ended up cutting the fat...

So anyone have experience with the aquael ultramax 2000 or the fluval 406/407? Not liking what I am seeing about the 4th and up eheim reviews.

Yep, I have 4 year old twins... so they were the inspiration for going colorful and fun. I personally would have been more likely to go more natural.

My poor little setup. It needs more work and a much better filter, but I might just get a good HOB filter to handle the short term

Anyways don't mind me. I tend to come off as if I know everything...when this is going to be a new addition to my wheel house

I think he just worded it differently. Than you were use to. So it isn't the nitrites that actually eat ammonia, but they are the byproduct of that process. The same goes for nitrates to nitrites. Then you have this new concept I keep hearing about which is anaerobic bacteria converting...

Is there a point to plants if you are trying to develope the anaerobic bacteria I keep hearing about that eats the nitrates and turns it into nitrogen gas which just exchanges when air does. Looks like you need a big filter with plenty of flow for this though along with something like biohome...

I guess my hesitation with floaters is blocking the light and making it harder to break surface tension without killing the plants. The point of glofish was so my kids could watch them glow lol.

I do not have any live plants currently. I might add them down the line, but as of now I am trying to just stick with the fish until I know my tank is established. I was late on doing research and could have saved myself the trouble if I decided to do all of this BEFORE I took ownership of the...

The part that did get the soap has been flushed thoroughly and after almost 2 weeks my fish haven't shown and signs of stress. As for the water changes. I picked a pretty hardy fish and I am not seeing any ammonium, nitrite, or nitrate yet. So I thought water changes should only be done when...

Let me start with my journey so far which hopefully isn't going to be too long of a read. I recently was given a tank setup (though I didn't want one lol) that my family decided me to move forward with. It is a 75g tank with stand and came with a ecco comfort 3, a busted air pump, and a Hyder...