Recent content by bkopsick

Ok well I did get the stuff (Baking Soda, Epsom Salt and Non-Iodized Salt) and tried out the homemade buffer recipe and it worked great! I went and got my hands on some Crushed Coral from my LFS!! smallest bag they had was a 15lb. bag for $9.99 so I got it and I'm going to be adding it to my...

::UPDATE:: I have no idea what went wrong the last time but my tap water is definately not pH: 7.5 ... it's ALOT softer more lirk 6.0... I had to test it like times to convince myself...lol With that being said, I think I am going to try and get some crushed coral this weekend and try that...

Yeah I have already started using the cycle period to start looking at fish I like... :D Should I continue adding ammonia daily or wait until it drops? The crushed coral sounds like a good idea and I've read that also. Does that help keep the pH up and stable? Should that be available at...

EDIT: that was a typo, I meant to put 79 degrees not 89 degrees, lol. First, Thanks for the reply. That's kind of a sigh of relief for me about not having to be dependant on additives. :) I will definately try that homemade buffer recipe sounds easy enough. :D Do you have any experence with...

Hi, I am in the very beginning stages of setting up a new Mbuna Tank. This is my first time and I had some questions on getting the ball rolling. I did do some research on this site prior to starting however, I just want to make sure that I understand what I have read/learned. So Far I have...

I think i might be getting excited too early but I got some filter media from an established fish tank from my LFS and i've had that in for 24hrs. I also added a small dose of pure ammonia yesterday. The test results I got for today are: Ammonia: 0.25; Nitrite: 0; Nitrate: 10... I've read the...

Well first off, thanks for the replies.... I really appreciate it alot... this is my first tank setup and I think I have learned alot so far from here but I know there are still plenty of mistakes that I will make.... haha I tested the water in the tank and the results are as follows: GH:75...

I'm in the process of starting a new tank that i just got this weekend... I got this idea about gravel and thought it would be cool to use coarser/slightly larger gravel. I went to Home Depot and got 2 bags of pebles from there. I was talking to someone today and heard that is not supposed...