Recent content by Kevin_AK

I did a hybrid fish - fishless cycle. I started off with just transferring some plants, wood, and coconut shells into the 20G QT tank from my main 100G tank. I also added some algae wafers + shrimp pellets since letting them rot without fish may have created some ammonia. I then tested the...

I had just neared finishing cycling my quarantine tank (QT) last night, and I did a water change at about 7:30 pm and I forgot to turn everything back on (filter, heater, airstone) until 6:30 am this morning. I do not have any fish in the QT tank but I have been monitoring the ammonia \...

Good Afternoon, I am in the middle of a 4-day treatment of some fungus, and I want to control the ammonia + nitrite + nitrate but according to the medication instructions I should not do a water change until after day 4. I have been using Ammo-Lock but am curious if others have had a better...

I think I found a solution at a locally owned pet shop: a mini-jet 404 submersible pump (variable 20 to 106 gallons per hour) that provides just enough flow to fill the drip dray (from the end that was deficient in water). I did check the nation-wide pet chains (we have two of them) but they...

Hello, I just recently bought a 100-gallon acrylic Uniaquarium and I am excited about returning to this great hobby after a ~15 year break. I have an interesting challenge that I have not found a solution for yet. The Uniquarium has a ~36 inch drip tray over 4 sections of bio-balls. When I...