Recent content by ishtarbarb

but the problem is i'm using a biowheel. so the filter media is the biowheel, which can't be shared.. :no: i'll prob use someone's suggestion on the forum to put 2 filters on my old tank to seed the new filter first, plus a transfer of some of the gravel. hopefully, it'll work!

actually i was thinking of doing that. been toying for with the idea for some time. should have just bought a bigger tank in the first place. but i'm worried that i'll have to redo the whole cycling process again. i'll leave the 2 guppies with 1 oto in the 5 gallon, n put the other oto n prob...

yeah, i'm prob going to do without the platy. its very messy anyway. and its he greediest of the lot. prob going to put it in my koi pond. there's a bunch of them living happily. so that'll leave me w 4 fish. currently, they are all tiny. the guppies are only 1 inch big, so are the otos. they...

ok :hyper: ! i've got the problem solved! i couldn't find my post so its taken me awhile to reply. heh... i was supposed to read the back of the strip, not the front. thought the mardel strips had a problem.

hey people! i seem to never get a 0 reading on my ammonia. my tank is about weeks old now, and i think its pretty much cycled, coz i've passed the nitrite spike and now am into the higher nitrates part. :lol: but i'm pretty confused, coz i never did have an ammonia spike throughout my...