Recent content by elle.michelle

I shake the second bottle for exactly 30 seconds like it says, and the test tube 1 min after I add second bottle... Could nitrates disappear with a too low or too high pH?

I really have been temped to dump all the food, but I'm going to be good and pick up some pure ammonia while I'm out today instead. I have the API liquid test kits and I double check the instructions on each before I do anything lol... I'll ask my LFS for some media as well, thank you!

Also, I ran out of pH tester a few days ago, I am getting more today so I will update that when I test, the reading never left 7.5, but I have a really bad feeling it will be off and that it messed up my cycle.

I have been cycling my 29 gallon freshwater tank for 31 days now with fish food (not recommended) and a steady ammonia level of 1.0ppm, and after about 3 weeks with no signs of nitrites, I seeded my tank by adding two small filter cartridges from some established 2 gallon tanks to my filter...

Sorry for posting this so late, but I just thought to let you guys know what happened to my last remaining zebra danio.... I had been planning on taking him back to the LFS as Xraymark had suggested, and on Wednesday afternoon I came home from work to find a dead wasp in my tank, the fish was...

Well... I was going to try to correct my spelling, but it seems I really have been testing the nitrates instead of nitrites... I have no clue what my nitrite level is at. This is the first time I have ever lost fish while cycling, so now I can see why fish-in cycling sucks. I also forgot to...

I have had a few freshwater tropical tanks throughout the years, but unfortunately I had never heard about fishless cycling until now... Last week, I got my 29 gal tank back from my sister, who had offered to keep it up for me while I moved (It used to be a beautiful healthy tank). It was...