Recent content by heresyoftruth

Ammonia it is, then. I will go read the fishless cycling papers as well. Thanks all of you for the great advice.

I went out and bought a nitrIte test kit, and did some water tests on my tank. I came up with .25 nitrIte, and 0 ammonia. I know any amount of nitrItes are bad, but since this is on the way down, how is the tank doing? Just me being anxious. Oh, by the way, you guys are amazing. I am so...

Thanks! Sorry it took so long to reply. Thanks for the advice on the water changes. I had been scared to pursue that too aggressively and was doing a 20% change every other day. Unfortunately the last gold fish died, for which I am sad. (Still kicking myself for not doing a fishless cycle.)...

I started my 10 gallon tank on the last day of march with 2 "sacrificial goldfish", and then started my research. (I am an idiot and should have reversed the order!) I then read about cycling, and all the goodies that my lfs didn't tell me about. They are okay, and talk to me about it now that I...