Recent content by Gustavo

Get your own test kit, I wouldn't trust the fish store employees as far as I can trow them. They want your $$$ and nothing else.

And then you ask yourself why people ignore your posts... ^^^ Fish-in cycle is a pain in the butt; daily water changes, fish dying, worries, constant water testings... never again! By the way, I added some Stress Zyme two weeks ago just to try because I've got a new Marineland biowheel filter...

I've got my Betta at Walmart, and he's healthy as a horse. Don't forget that Bettas are kept in those minuscules containers with no heat, so they don't move much at the store.

My wife hates me with or without fish tanks, so I don't really care what she says (same goes for the sailboat, and other things I like to do) The good thing is that when I leave I get to take my tanks with me, and that fished won't talk back =p Gus

Hi Guppy, Yeah the tank's cycled all right. I've been getting double 0s for about 2 or 3 weeks now (I quit keeping track). I do get a bit of Ammonia after I feed him, but its usually gone pretty quickly, and tt didn't took that long to cycle, about 3-4 weeks. My 55 gallon still haven't cycled...

Guppy: I did a 10 gallon fish-in with a male Betta. I found out that with only 1 fish the ammonia levels are never too high, unless you let it stay for weeks in the same water. I feed him 3 or 4 flakes a day and that seems to keep him happy. I check the water levels regularly, and I have done...

Do you have a test kit? How do you know the tank's cycled?

Hi Oldman, The Danios are quite happy in the large tank, they zip from end to end chasing each other all day long. The tank came with a Whisper 60, and it uses two foam pads, and two pouches. I only added 1 tablespoon of crushed shells to each pouch (I forgot to mention it before) Thanks! Gus

Hi Waterdrop, thanks for the reply! Let me tell you what I did last night. The PH was still at 6, and I was reading another thread (PH Crash) and I saw that you guys like to add crushed coral when cycling with fishes, and that's what I did. The PH went from 6 to 6.4. I also did a massive water...

Hello, I did another test, and the Betta 10 gallon tank still holding the same levels so far, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, and Nitrate 5 ppm. The PH in that tank's 7.2 In the 55 gallon tho, I measured it again today, I had Ammonia 0.5 ppm, Nitrite 0, and Nitrate between 0 and 5 ppm, the PH in that...

Same here...

Another test today, with the same results: Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, and Nitrates 5 ppm. Will the nitrates rise up and they stay like that with just 1 fish in the tank?

You gotta keep making water changes daily. The Ammonia and Nitrites will rise again in no time.

This website has some nice photos with journals in the Planted tank section.

Thanks, I'll keep on checking his tank then. I forgot to add that I didn't had any plants, and today I added a piece of fake driftwood with 5 or 6 small real Java Ferns plants. The decoration has a cave, and to my surprise, he likes to swing and stay inside the cave for a little while. When...