Recent content by Dhak

So my current 37 gallon was doing just dandy and ended its cycle fine a few weeks ago. I only had 6 tetra in at the time so I added 2 rubberlip plecos and 2 very very tiny <1inch upside down cats. Unfortunately due to some very hot days here after adding them the temp fluctuated a bit and the...

Alright so I took a look at a sample with a microscope today and although I wish my sample was a little better the best answer to what I saw was fungus due to structures resembling hyphae. They are not eggs for sure, bacterial could technically still be on the table but fungus fit better. The...

Hm, you're right that is alarming. I inspected the fish in detail this morning and I can't notice anything odd about their behavior or appearance. They are calm for the most part, exploring and only rush around when chasing one another. After I cleaned off all the things on the glass with a...

I don't think the water here is particularly hard but I haven't tested it. All the marks you see are on the inside of the tank. That one on the glass looks like it is flat but in fact all of those things are dome shaped, attached at the base to either plants or glass and even sway gently with...

lol, thanks. I'm quite pleased that my cellphone was able to take those pictures. Someone suggested to me that they may be bacterial growth, signs that the cycle is going alright. I've worked with plenty of bacteria in lab settings but never seen growths like these, does it make sense to...

Damn, I hope all of these aren't viable, or else I will have a few hundred snails to deal with. So do I just have to manage them through cleanings until the tank is stable enough to throw in a fish that may like the taste of these snails?

Hi everyone, So just over two weeks ago I setup a 37gallon tank with a Penguin Bio-wheel 200 filter. I didn't know about fishless cycling so there are 6 little red eye tetras in there now. Ammonia levels have already plummeted (<0.25) and I'm keeping tabs daily on nitrite(1ppm this morning)...