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FISH IS SWIMMING VERTICALLY! This will help strip away any remaining bacteria on your betta. You need at least one tablespoon of Epsom salt per gallon of water. dump him in and DO NOT LEAVE HIM IN FOR MORE THAN 15 MINUTES. 15 is for the most severe 10 for swimbladder. Take him out and maybe do another salt bath a few hours later or days later. WILL GOURAMIS EAT NEON TETRAS The tetra ideally need to be in a group of 6 or more. If you do get more neons then it would be a good idea to make sure the water parameters are stable, so it’s best to wait a week or two testing the water daily. Ammonia and nitrite need to be constantly zero. Nitrate should be somewhere between 5 and 20 ppm. FOUND WOOD - WHAT'S SAFE TO USE IN AN AQUARIUM AND HOW TO muniz21: This is a great blog, this just gave me an idea, I’ve had a mesquite log sitting in my garage for years and haven’t found a use for it until now, I’m thinking of hollowing it out and making a cylinder hideout for fish. I do have a question though, I have read mesquite is an oily wood and that it may not be aquarium safe, is that

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FUNGUS ON NEW DRIFTWOOD Fungus on driftwood does smell horrific, doesn't it! Clean off the driftwood -- removing as much as the fungus as possible with hot water only -- NO SOAP or other disenfecant. Then boil the driftwood for an hour or so. Change the water in your tank and replace the driftwood. Should clear up your problem. HELP?!? I HAVE VERY HIGH NITRITE AND NITRATE BUT NO I initially added 2ppm ammonia, shortly thereafter, the nitrite level spiked very high and was not coming down even though there were nitrates. This is in a 20 gallon tank with RO water and lots of live plants, pH 7.2. I finally did a 50% water change and of course the nitrites came down to USING A TREE BRANCH FOR AQUARIUM? answer. #2. Fish master. 4 years ago. No, you shouldn't, but if you find beach drift wood or big wood in you lake, you can use it after scrubbing it, boiling it, and letting it sit in a container by itself for 2-3 days. reply. #3. FishnCats. 4 years ago. MOLLY STAYING AT TOP OF TANK? However today, one of the Molly seem to be acting weird and staying near the top. It isn't gasping or breathing heavily but it's fins are not as fanned out as yesterday. The other 3 mollies are ok and swimming around. All of them including the one at the top did eat though. ammonia-0. nitrite-0. nitrate-10. MY SNAIL HAS GONE MISSING? THERE IS NO WAY FOR HIM TO GEET 9 years ago. Mystery snails climb above the water surface to lay eggs. On occasion they also climb out of the aquarium and onto the floor. But I've already said that. The other possibility is the snail died from copper exposure and got eaten by the the fish. The shell would still be somewhere in the aquarium, and the water would smell bad. MY FISH KEEP RUBBING ON GRAVEL AND PLANTS BUT NO SIGNS OF The molly also has clamped fins, which is another sign of stress. Flashing, or rubbing against hard objects, is indicative of parasites. Since you've had the aquarium only a short time, I will guess it has no nitrogen cycle. If so, that explains why the fish is sick. Here is how to check and correct the problem: AMMONIA LEVEL BETWEEN 1.0 9 years ago. Any amount of ammonia can be harmful to the fish but as your cycling the tank there will inevitably be some present. try to keep your ammonia at or below 0.25ppm to keep the fish happy and well, so id do a water change soon. once the ammonia drops to FISH IS SWIMMING VERTICALLY! This will help strip away any remaining bacteria on your betta. You need at least one tablespoon of Epsom salt per gallon of water. dump him in and DO NOT LEAVE HIM IN FOR MORE THAN 15 MINUTES. 15 is for the most severe 10 for swimbladder. Take him out and maybe do another salt bath a few hours later or days later. WILL GOURAMIS EAT NEON TETRAS The tetra ideally need to be in a group of 6 or more. If you do get more neons then it would be a good idea to make sure the water parameters are stable, so it’s best to wait a week or two testing the water daily. Ammonia and nitrite need to be constantly zero. Nitrate should be somewhere between 5 and 20 ppm. FOUND WOOD - WHAT'S SAFE TO USE IN AN AQUARIUM AND HOW TO muniz21: This is a great blog, this just gave me an idea, I’ve had a mesquite log sitting in my garage for years and haven’t found a use for it until now, I’m thinking of hollowing it out and making a cylinder hideout for fish. I do have a question though, I have read mesquite is an oily wood and that it may not be aquarium safe, is that

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ZERO NITRATES IN A FULLY CYCLED TANK Lithia: @Vale Some types of fish are sensitive to higher nitrates, and some fish won’t successfully spawn in water with high nitrates. If you can cultivate the anaerobic bacteria that eats nitrates, you’ve got water that is the cleanest and least problematic of all water. FUNGUS ON NEW DRIFTWOOD Fungus on driftwood does smell horrific, doesn't it! Clean off the driftwood -- removing as much as the fungus as possible with hot water only -- NO SOAP or other disenfecant. Then boil the driftwood for an hour or so. Change the water in your tank and replace the driftwood. Should clear up your problem. MOLLY STAYING AT TOP OF TANK? However today, one of the Molly seem to be acting weird and staying near the top. It isn't gasping or breathing heavily but it's fins are not as fanned out as yesterday. The other 3 mollies are ok and swimming around. All of them including the one at the top did eat though. ammonia-0. nitrite-0. nitrate-10. WHAT ARE THE SAFE LEVELS OF PH, AMMONIA, NITRITE AND gloman. 8 years ago. In a properly cycled tank, ammonia and nitrites should always be 0. Nitrates should be present, but under 40 ppm. Keeping them under 20 ppm is even better. Most fish have an "ideal" pH range in their natural habitat. However, most fish are farm raised, not wild caught, so they are fairly acclimated to most tap water pH

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HOW LONG AFTER WATER CHANGE CAN I TEST WATER. I CHANGED How long after water change can I test water. I changed water 2 days ago and tested today. My count was Ammonia. 0 Ph. 7.6 Ph high. 7.4 Nitrite no2. 5.0 Nitrate no3. 20 I have an API Freshwater Master test kit. I have 10 gal tank 3 glofish danio 3 Red fin WHY IS MY KOI NOT EATING AND RESTS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE answer. #2. Carley. 3 years ago. Secret to a not well Koi is the size of the tank. These don't belong in an aquarium at all. Where you could get away with a Comet in a 75 gal, no tank will fit a Koi. It is a pond fish only. 1000 gals. 😲. So your problem is probably a water

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AMMONIA LEVEL BETWEEN 1.0 Any amount of ammonia can be harmful to the fish but as your cycling the tank there will inevitably be some present. try to keep your ammonia at or below 0.25ppm to keep the fish happy and well, so id do a water change soon. once the ammonia drops to zero its the same thing all over again with nitrite ☹️. cycling with fish always takes longer as your always changing the water to dilute the HOW DO I KNOW IF THERE BACTERIA IN MY TANK OR IF IT'S answer. #2. Cadevan. 5 years ago. There will always be bacteria in your tank, it's getting it up to a good population size that is the issue. If you have any ammonia at all in your tank, your cycle is still going on, and you don't have enough good bacteria, or else your tank is overstocked.

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muniz21: This is a great blog, this just gave me an idea, I’ve had a mesquite log sitting in my garage for years and haven’t found a use for it until now, I’m thinking of hollowing it out and making a cylinder hideout for fish. I do have a question though, I have read mesquite is an oily wood and that it may not be aquarium safe, is that

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WILL GOURAMIS EAT NEON TETRAS The tetra ideally need to be in a group of 6 or more. If you do get more neons then it would be a good idea to make sure the water parameters are stable, so it’s best to wait a week or two testing the water daily. Ammonia and nitrite need to be constantly zero. Nitrate should be somewhere between 5 and 20 ppm. IF I USE TAP WATER WITH AQUA SAFE. HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO Hi Marina, Cycling a tank means growing a colony of beneficial bacteria that eat the toxic ammonia that your fish breathes out. Ammonia is also produced when poop or left over food decomposes. HELP?!? I HAVE VERY HIGH NITRITE AND NITRATE BUT NO I initially added 2ppm ammonia, shortly thereafter, the nitrite level spiked very high and was not coming down even though there were nitrates. This is in a 20 gallon tank with RO water and lots of live plants, pH 7.2. I finally did a 50% water change and of course the nitrites came down to USING A TREE BRANCH FOR AQUARIUM? answer. #2. Fish master. 4 years ago. No, you shouldn't, but if you find beach drift wood or big wood in you lake, you can use it after scrubbing it, boiling it, and letting it sit in a container by itself for 2-3 days. reply. #3. FishnCats. 4 years ago. MOLLY STAYING AT TOP OF TANK? However today, one of the Molly seem to be acting weird and staying near the top. It isn't gasping or breathing heavily but it's fins are not as fanned out as yesterday. The other 3 mollies are ok and swimming around. All of them including the one at the top did eat though. ammonia-0. nitrite-0. nitrate-10. MY FISH KEEP RUBBING ON GRAVEL AND PLANTS BUT NO SIGNS OF The molly also has clamped fins, which is another sign of stress. Flashing, or rubbing against hard objects, is indicative of parasites. Since you've had the aquarium only a short time, I will guess it has no nitrogen cycle. If so, that explains why the fish is sick. Here is how to check and correct the problem: MY SNAIL HAS GONE MISSING? THERE IS NO WAY FOR HIM TO GEET 9 years ago. Mystery snails climb above the water surface to lay eggs. On occasion they also climb out of the aquarium and onto the floor. But I've already said that. The other possibility is the snail died from copper exposure and got eaten by the the fish. The shell would still be somewhere in the aquarium, and the water would smell bad. AMMONIA LEVEL BETWEEN 1.0 9 years ago. Any amount of ammonia can be harmful to the fish but as your cycling the tank there will inevitably be some present. try to keep your ammonia at or below 0.25ppm to keep the fish happy and well, so id do a water change soon. once the ammonia drops to

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Title: Betta Fish Infused: About Me: My Fish Tanks (I know, my MTS got the better of me): Betta Tanks: 70ish small tanks 1-2 gallons each: Treatment tanks for rescue bettas. 3.5 gallon: Male orange and blue koi Betta 3.5 gallon: Female orange and blue koi Betta 2.5 gallon: Male Spadetail Betta, Cobalt 2.5 gallon: Cellophane Betta (Fry I raised) 2.5 gallon: Blueish Betta (Fry I raised) 3 gallon THE REAL FACTS BEHIND BETTAFIX AND MELAFIX The back of the bottle (or box) states it’s used to cure or treat “open red sores, fin and tail rot, eye cloud, pop eye, body slime and mouth fungus, open body wounds”. The active ingredient being 1.0% melalecua oil, which is extracted from tea Trees. Bettafix is advertised very similarly to Melafix, with the bottle (or box) saying

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ZERO NITRATES IN A FULLY CYCLED TANK Lithia: @Vale Some types of fish are sensitive to higher nitrates, and some fish won’t successfully spawn in water with high nitrates. If you can cultivate the anaerobic bacteria that eats nitrates, you’ve got water that is the cleanest and least problematic of all water. SAFE & UNSAFE CRYSTALS & SIMI-PRECIOUS STONES IN Amethyst is a form of quartz, however it also contains Manganese and Iron. (this is what gives it the pale lilac to deep purple colours) darker the colour the more iron contained in it. The darker the piece the more hazardous it could be in an aquarium. #5. johnarthur. MOLLY STAYING AT TOP OF TANK? However today, one of the Molly seem to be acting weird and staying near the top. It isn't gasping or breathing heavily but it's fins are not as fanned out as yesterday. The other 3 mollies are ok and swimming around. All of them including the one at the top did eat though. ammonia-0. nitrite-0. nitrate-10. WHAT ARE THE SAFE LEVELS OF PH, AMMONIA, NITRITE AND gloman. 8 years ago. In a properly cycled tank, ammonia and nitrites should always be 0. Nitrates should be present, but under 40 ppm. Keeping them under 20 ppm is even better. Most fish have an "ideal" pH range in their natural habitat. However, most fish are farm raised, not wild caught, so they are fairly acclimated to most tap water pH

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I HAVE WHITE ALGAE GROWING IN MY AQUARIUM. HOW CAN I GET 4. turn off the light for a few days. Let the tank settle and avoid overfeeding. 5. Turn the lights back to normal cycles and check it for the next two weeks. If it's still growing back it just means there's that much uneaten nutrients in your water column, likely buried deep in your substrate by now. AMMONIA LEVEL BETWEEN 1.0 Any amount of ammonia can be harmful to the fish but as your cycling the tank there will inevitably be some present. try to keep your ammonia at or below 0.25ppm to keep the fish happy and well, so id do a water change soon. once the ammonia drops to zero its the same thing all over again with nitrite ☹️. cycling with fish always takes longer as your always changing the water to dilute the PURPLE ALGAE: GOOD OR BAD? Looks like Cyanobacteria, also called green or blue slime disease. It's not really algae but is a bacteria. Not easy to get rid of, sadly. I would remove the rocks and scrub it off them with a stiff brush, vacuum as much as you can and then treat the tank with 3% hydrogen peroxide at a rate of 3ml per gallon. HOW DO I KNOW IF THERE BACTERIA IN MY TANK OR IF IT'S answer. #2. Cadevan. 5 years ago. There will always be bacteria in your tank, it's getting it up to a good population size that is the issue. If you have any ammonia at all in your tank, your cycle is still going on, and you don't have enough good bacteria, or else your tank is overstocked. TANK WON’T CYCLE FOR AFTER 3 MONTHS! Bad recommendation. For the health of your fish you need to go bigger water changes and get that ammonia down to 0ppm. There will be ammonia to grow the cycle just not enough to injure your fish. Once you get ammonia to zero, test regularly and see how long it takes to show up again. If it is a week, then your tank is cycled. FISH SUDDENLY STARTED HIDING Previously, the fish used to swim out, but they have started staying hidden for the past 2-3 weeks. They only come out for food, or sometime when the lights are off. The water parameters are fine. I can’t figure out the reason for this. Can anyone please help. They maybe hiding because they are stressed out due to the fact that they

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GRAVEL OR NO GRAVEL? reply. #4. Suesblues. 5 years ago. It's really a personal choice Dave, Gravel, sand, or bare bottomed, but gravel or sand do hold some of the beneficial bacteria needed. Bare bottomed is MOLLY STAYING AT TOP OF TANK? However today, one of the Molly seem to be acting weird and staying near the top. It isn't gasping or breathing heavily but it's fins are not as fanned out as yesterday. The other 3 mollies are ok and swimming around. All of them including the one at the top did eat though. ammonia-0. nitrite-0. nitrate-10. IF I USE TAP WATER WITH AQUA SAFE. HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO Hi Marina, Cycling a tank means growing a colony of beneficial bacteria that eat the toxic ammonia that your fish breathes out. Ammonia is also produced when poop or left over food decomposes. DOES PRIME RUIN THE CYCLE? Adding Prime does not affect your cycle. One of our members has done some research on Prime and wrote a blog about it. It may be helpful. reply. #3. Guest. 6 years ago. Something to consider is if this is fish-in or fish-less. When using Prime to detox ammonia, as in a fish-in cycle, it also is removing chlorine and chloramines. MY BABY MOLLY IS AROUND 3 MONTHS OLD AND HAS A BUBBLE LIKE 3 years ago. That is some type of prolapse. Possibly the digestive tract. Or the vent lining. Possibly the reproductive tract. It isn't all that common but this will be the fourth or fifth post about this kind of thing in livebearers I've seen in recent weeks. Whatever it is, it's very bad news for the fish. WHY IS MY KOI NOT EATING AND RESTS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE answer. #2. Carley. 3 years ago. Secret to a not well Koi is the size of the tank. These don't belong in an aquarium at all. Where you could get away with a Comet in a 75 gal, no tank will fit a Koi. It is a pond fish only. 1000 gals. 😲. So your problem is probably a water

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HOW TO FEED THE FISH WHILE YOU'RE AWAY Option 2: The most expensive option is to buy a mechanical feeder, and set it on the frequency that you want. This will make sure your fish is being fed on time. Option 3: Last is the block feeders. With feeding blocks, you put them in the water , and they slowly release food into the water for your fish. WHERE’S THE BEST PLACE TO PUT YOUR HOB FILTER The placement of all OTHER filters has a bearing on if it’s at the front where it can be seen and removed or if it’s in a back corner out of sight. My suggestion is to put the filter smack bang in the middle. A tall plant or wood will in time hide most of the workings.AND a small power filter low down out of sight that can be

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DOES PRIME RUIN THE CYCLE? Adding Prime does not affect your cycle. One of our members has done some research on Prime and wrote a blog about it. It may be helpful. reply. #3. Guest. 6 years ago. Something to consider is if this is fish-in or fish-less. When using Prime to detox ammonia, as in a fish-in cycle, it also is removing chlorine and chloramines. WHY IS MY MALE BETTA ATTACKING MY FEMALE BETTA FISH AND Why is my male Betta attacking my female Betta fish and also chases her. bettas. answer. #2. Fishfur. 5 years ago. They cannot live as pairs in one tank, and should never be kept together. They never live together in nature, only meeting to mate and then she leaves before he attacks her. Please separate them right away, as one may be killed. WHY IS MY KOI NOT EATING AND RESTS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE answer. #2. Carley. 3 years ago. Secret to a not well Koi is the size of the tank. These don't belong in an aquarium at all. Where you could get away with a Comet in a 75 gal, no tank will fit a Koi. It is a pond fish only. 1000 gals. 😲. So your problem is probably a water

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ICH OR STRESS RELATED? I have had my aquarium for over a year now. An answer to your previous question. Your GH and pH are a little low for Mollies. Ideally these should be above 8 for your pH and 179dGH, Mollies definitely prefer hard water. However I doubt that it is the water hardness/acidity that

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USING A TREE BRANCH FOR AQUARIUM? answer. #2. Fish master. 4 years ago. No, you shouldn't, but if you find beach drift wood or big wood in you lake, you can use it after scrubbing it, boiling it, and letting it sit in a container by itself for 2-3 days. reply. #3. FishnCats. 4 years ago.

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When you changed the substrate you also removed about one half of the nitrifying bacteria associated with the nitrogen cycle. Most of the other half lives in the filter elements, a few are on other aquarium surfaces, and fewer still are in the water column. If you did not replace any of the filter elements, the nitrogen cycle is already

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WHY ARE MY GUPPIES AND NEON TETRAS KEEP SWIMMING AT THE Note : we dont have an airstone, it is a planted co2 tank, and the folk at the pet store said we have to change the water one time every 2 months. guppies neons oscars tetras. answer. #2. Mudkipper. 4 years ago. They may be searching for food at the surface, if there is any debris at the surface that may be the cause to the odd behavior. PURPLE ALGAE: GOOD OR BAD? Looks like Cyanobacteria, also called green or blue slime disease. It's not really algae but is a bacteria. Not easy to get rid of, sadly. I would remove the rocks and scrub it off them with a stiff brush, vacuum as much as you can and then treat the tank with 3% hydrogen peroxide at a rate of 3ml per gallon. TANK WON’T CYCLE FOR AFTER 3 MONTHS! Bad recommendation. For the health of your fish you need to go bigger water changes and get that ammonia down to 0ppm. There will be ammonia to grow the cycle just not enough to injure your fish. Once you get ammonia to zero, test regularly and see how long it takes to show up again. If it is a week, then your tank is cycled. WILL GOURAMIS EAT NEON TETRAS The tetra ideally need to be in a group of 6 or more. If you do get more neons then it would be a good idea to make sure the water parameters are stable, so it’s best to wait a week or two testing the water daily. Ammonia and nitrite need to be constantly zero. Nitrate should be somewhere between 5 and 20 ppm. FISH SUDDENLY STARTED HIDING Previously, the fish used to swim out, but they have started staying hidden for the past 2-3 weeks. They only come out for food, or sometime when the lights are off. The water parameters are fine. I can’t figure out the reason for this. Can anyone please help. They maybe hiding because they are stressed out due to the fact that they

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HOW TO DE-STRESS A NEWLY PURCHASED CORY? Zebra fish. 6 years ago. best action for a death in the tank is a water change do about 25/30% water change its normally advised that you do 50% however this could overstress your already stressed cory. as far as i know about loaches they need to be kept in groups. so he could potentially leave. you could potentially split up the cory

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TANK WON’T CYCLE FOR AFTER 3 MONTHS! Bad recommendation. For the health of your fish you need to go bigger water changes and get that ammonia down to 0ppm. There will be ammonia to grow the cycle just not enough to injure your fish. Once you get ammonia to zero, test regularly and see how long it takes to show up again. If it is a week, then your tank is cycled. WILL GOURAMIS EAT NEON TETRAS The tetra ideally need to be in a group of 6 or more. If you do get more neons then it would be a good idea to make sure the water parameters are stable, so it’s best to wait a week or two testing the water daily. Ammonia and nitrite need to be constantly zero. Nitrate should be somewhere between 5 and 20 ppm. FISH SUDDENLY STARTED HIDING Previously, the fish used to swim out, but they have started staying hidden for the past 2-3 weeks. They only come out for food, or sometime when the lights are off. The water parameters are fine. I can’t figure out the reason for this. Can anyone please help. They maybe hiding because they are stressed out due to the fact that they

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GRAVEL OR NO GRAVEL? reply. #4. Suesblues. 5 years ago. It's really a personal choice Dave, Gravel, sand, or bare bottomed, but gravel or sand do hold some of the beneficial bacteria needed. Bare bottomed is HOW TO FEED THE FISH WHILE YOU'RE AWAY Option 2: The most expensive option is to buy a mechanical feeder, and set it on the frequency that you want. This will make sure your fish is being fed on time. Option 3: Last is the block feeders. With feeding blocks, you put them in the water , and they slowly release food into the water for your fish. WHERE’S THE BEST PLACE TO PUT YOUR HOB FILTER The placement of all OTHER filters has a bearing on if it’s at the front where it can be seen and removed or if it’s in a back corner out of sight. My suggestion is to put the filter smack bang in the middle. A tall plant or wood will in time hide most of the workings.AND a small power filter low down out of sight that can be

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36 gallon: 2 Silver Dollars, mixed Tetras, gold gourami, and a Clown Pleco. 37 gallon: Clean lucy axolotl, Mochi. 28 gallon (Marine tank) Two Picasso Clownfish, and a Fuzzy (Dwarf) Lion fish, along with live rock, snails, hermit crabs and soft coral. Outside of my aquarium hobby, I also have a Shih Tzu named chip, and a black cat named Cocoa. TANK WON’T CYCLE FOR AFTER 3 MONTHS! Bad recommendation. For the health of your fish you need to go bigger water changes and get that ammonia down to 0ppm. There will be ammonia to grow the cycle just not enough to injure your fish. Once you get ammonia to zero, test regularly and see how long it takes to show up again. If it is a week, then your tank is cycled. FISH SUDDENLY STARTED HIDING Previously, the fish used to swim out, but they have started staying hidden for the past 2-3 weeks. They only come out for food, or sometime when the lights are off. The water parameters are fine. I can’t figure out the reason for this. Can anyone please help. They maybe hiding because they are stressed out due to the fact that they

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Cycling with plants. Hello everyone, i am currently cycling my 20g tank with live plants. i've done a fishless cycle in the past by dosing pure ammonia into the tank and not changing the water and it worked great. now i'm trying to cycle my new tank that has live plants. I want to do a fishless cycle obviously but i hear that when

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FOUND WOOD - WHAT'S SAFE TO USE IN AN AQUARIUM AND HOW TO muniz21: This is a great blog, this just gave me an idea, I’ve had a mesquite log sitting in my garage for years and haven’t found a use for it until now, I’m thinking of hollowing it out and making a cylinder hideout for fish. I do have a question though, I have read mesquite is an oily wood and that it may not be aquarium safe, is that

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MY BETTA JUST SITS AT THE TOP OF THE TANK, I TAP THE TANK Boil it.Peel off the skin and then cut it into small pieces and feed. Remember one Golden Rule "Bigger the tank lesser the maintenance required". 1.5 gallon is not enough for a betta to be in healthy condition.Betta needs atleast 3-5 gal tank so its BEST if you provide your betta a tank of that volume 😊. #10. HOW TOXIC IS 0.25PPM AMMONIA? Zero is really the only acceptable reading. But, when one is cycling a tank with fish in it, we tell people that .25 is the level of ammonia that is considered to be safe. You must have SOME ammonia to cycle a tank. So, .25 is sort of a compromise between the ideal of zero and more than .25. Not perfect, but not a MOLLY STAYING AT TOP OF TANK? However today, one of the Molly seem to be acting weird and staying near the top. It isn't gasping or breathing heavily but it's fins are not as fanned out as yesterday. The other 3 mollies are ok and swimming around. All of them including the one at the top did eat though. ammonia-0. nitrite-0. nitrate-10. DOES PRIME RUIN THE CYCLE? Adding Prime does not affect your cycle. One of our members has done some research on Prime and wrote a blog about it. It may be helpful. reply. #3. Guest. 6 years ago. Something to consider is if this is fish-in or fish-less. When using Prime to detox ammonia, as in a fish-in cycle, it also is removing chlorine and chloramines.

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Title: Betta Fish Infused: About Me: My Fish Tanks (I know, my MTS got the better of me): Betta Tanks: 70ish small tanks 1-2 gallons each: Treatment tanks for rescue bettas. 3.5 gallon: Male orange and blue koi Betta 3.5 gallon: Female orange and blue koi Betta 2.5 gallon: Male Spadetail Betta, Cobalt 2.5 gallon: Cellophane Betta (Fry I raised) 2.5 gallon: Blueish Betta (Fry I raised) 3 gallon FOUND WOOD - WHAT'S SAFE TO USE IN AN AQUARIUM AND HOW TO muniz21: This is a great blog, this just gave me an idea, I’ve had a mesquite log sitting in my garage for years and haven’t found a use for it until now, I’m thinking of hollowing it out and making a cylinder hideout for fish. I do have a question though, I have read mesquite is an oily wood and that it may not be aquarium safe, is that

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ZERO NITRATES IN A FULLY CYCLED TANK Lithia: @Vale Some types of fish are sensitive to higher nitrates, and some fish won’t successfully spawn in water with high nitrates. If you can cultivate the anaerobic bacteria that eats nitrates, you’ve got water that is the cleanest and least problematic of all water. MY BETTA JUST SITS AT THE TOP OF THE TANK, I TAP THE TANK Boil it.Peel off the skin and then cut it into small pieces and feed. Remember one Golden Rule "Bigger the tank lesser the maintenance required". 1.5 gallon is not enough for a betta to be in healthy condition.Betta needs atleast 3-5 gal tank so its BEST if you provide your betta a tank of that volume 😊. #10. I HAVE A BOTTLE OF 3% HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. DIPPING PLANTS Make a 3% H2O2 solution by mixing 2-3ml of the peroxide per gallon of water. I would advise not to dip the moss ball since its pretty much bunched up algae. The H2O2 would kill it. But after mixing the solution, dip only the leaves of the plants in it. Do not let the roots touch the solution, or it will kill the plant. #4. steph925. 5

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