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I am not really looking to do a low tech tank with no ferts except maybe once a week i wantinag to do wastad method with Miricle grow organic choice potting soil (50/50 mix of composed bark , stagenum peat moss is what it is with organic wetting agent) with unfired clay under that with a .5 cap...

Okay I am wanting to start a cheap low tech planted tank. I need some advice and help on how to start it. If any of you remember me I was the one that started my 29 gallon community tank here. Well it's doing great and well nothing to do with it except enjoy it. So i went out and purchased a...

okay so today i have some major issues with my cycling im pretty sure i killed everything (as far as bacteria)in my tank. Yesterday around 9:30am (twelve hours after testing) i checked my ammonia and nitrite, my ammonia was at 0ppm, my nitrite at 5ppm. So i figured it would be okay to add...

okay so today i have some major issues with my cycling im pretty sure i killed everything (as far as bacteria)in my tank. Yesterday around 9:30am (twelve hours after testing) i checked my ammonia and nitrite, my ammonia was at 0ppm, my nitrite at 5ppm. So i figured it would be okay to add...

i think ive messed up my cycle by adding ammonia as soon as it dropped to zero which was 12 hours after i added it last normally i add it at 9:30pm so i checked the next day at 9:30am and added ammonia cause it was at zero now its no longer dropping in 12 hours its taking 24 hours and now and...

25 gallon- no fish yet almost cycled

Okay so I know I got two other forums open but both have pretty much lost in translation and no-one really knows my concerns or questions anymore. My equipment is 2 Tetra Whisper 10-30i Power Filter, 1 Tetra Heater 10-30 (fully submersible), 1 Aqua Culture: 20-60 Gallon, Double Outlet Aquarium...

Day 30, last night i added 30ml of ammonia and by this morning at nine (12 hours later) my ammonia was at 0ppm, i didnt test nitrites idk why i just didnt but tonight I tested again at nine and 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite and well my nitrates are so high the red is almost a glowing ember color lol...

okay ill see what types of tetra's my lfs has and get back to ya'll

okay so would 3 powder blue dwarf groumis , 6 skirt tetra's ( or a better number if adviced), and 8 panda cory's

idk if my lfs sales them

oh my god beautiful tank ruskull so could you give me a number of schooling fish and what type please rember and take note please very cautious of 8.0 ph

okay so i have a question. im to the point where im having to add ammonia every 24 hours cause its turning it to nitrites that fast but my question is is it bad that i dont have algea growth even tho my nitrates are of the charts

how much longer do i have in my tank cycling if my ammonia is droping from 5ppm to 1ppm in 24 hours and my nitrite is keeping up with keeping it at 1ppm. when i tested last night my ammonia was at 1ppm so i dosed back up to 5 and tonight i tested and it was 1ppm and last night nitrite was 1ppm...

okay cause that one was runningn out quick its processing in 48 hours right now

Day 23 .50ppm ammonia, 1ppm nitrite, over 80ppm nitrates........do i still need to test for nitrates considering they are already almost maxed out

okay will do do i need to thro some ariation in the bucket when I do it and how exactly should i go about it let the bags soak in tank for 30mins the put in clean unused bucket and start drip

so if i drip acclimate them for 2 hours they be fine?

looks good? even with ph? im really worried bout that lol

How do we feel about 5 Kuhlis, 8 Skunk cory's, 10 Cardinal tetras, and some shrimp with ph of 8

Lol I know its what every i want, but I'm also trying to think about price as well. So any cheap shrimp suggestions? How many cardinal tetra's and skunk cory's could my tank handle? And something that just struck me what about a skunk cory species tank? wit the exception of the shrimp ( gotta...

Ah see thats how I confused everyone. Well I want the Cardinals, Skunk Cory's, and a Cool Shrimp? so...

What is the differance in Neon Tetra's and Cardinal Tetra's?

What if I wanted Just Cories, Tetra's and Shrimp?

okay so I'm going to drop all other forums I'm on and go with this one since it matches most of the research I look up after talkin, and I actually get answers and not people just telling me its not going to work. I am gonna go with 5 Kuhlis Loaches,1 Power Blue Dwarf Gourami,10 Neon Tetra,6...

Okay so what revisments should I make to my list. I am also properly cycling with pure ammonia with the add and wait method

okay after playing around with an advisor online this is the list i have come up with that I really really like 5 Kuhlis Loaches 1 Power Blue Dwarf Gourami 15 Neon Tetra 6 Pandas Cory's 10 Cherry Shrimp This is some of the recomendations Recommended temperature range: 24 - 27 C. Recommended...

Do I need to get 6 kuhlis? I was talking to a friend online and pointed me to this thing (guess i cant post it ) and I am using it to mess around with. it is a tank advisor thing

lol i know that but what about the dwarf diereses and what about my stock list and the 8.0ph ?? 4 Kuhlis Loaches 4 Green Cobra Guppies 1 Power Blue Dwarf Gourami 10 Neon Cardinals 6 Pandas Cory's 4 Cherry Shrimp

what is that

oh and are all these fish going to be okay with the 8.0 ph? that might not actually be my ph level since im cycling it and cycling it raises it

I have a crisis lol I had some brown sludge growing on my suction cup that goes to my heater. It is right in my bubble stream as you can tell. Please tell me it was not my good bacteria cause I washed it off with hot tap water. I hope this was not good bacteria and I hope it was not something...

I"ll probably be switching to sand when i get the money as of right now i have small smooth pebbles with no jagged edges so it wont tear up there feelers and its small enough for them to push aroun its like 1/3 the size of normal gravel and smooth

i was just asking cause every where i look its called black kuhlis but that have the banded ones in the tank with em but i never see a tag for them i was just curious

i was just asking cause every where i look its called black kuhlis but that have the banded ones in the tank with em but i never see a tag for them i was just curious

i was just asking cause every where i look its called black kuhlis but that have the banded ones in the tank with em but i never see a tag for them i was just curious

is black kuhlis loaches the same as just kuhlis loaches

Well I followed directions from this site to a T. So it should work.