Recent content by larrytstarr

I had the same thing. I asked on the forum but noone knew what it was. It went away as mysteriously as it appeared. No harm, no foul I guess.

Well, I did an 85% water change tonight (as suggested). Reading afterwards showed still a trace of ammonia (it was 2 ppm before the change), no nitrites and 50 ppm nitrates. I was suprised how high the nitrate reading was. It seems to suggest that my nitrates might have been way too high...

Thanks so much for the responses. I will try the water change as suggested. Fingers crossed! I will report on my results for the benefit of others.

Hi Folks, I posted the previous message a few days ago. Nobody offered any advice. I am still in the same situation - the tank is just sitting there, apparently not making any progress. I didn't do anything that would have killed my bacteria, so I am stumped! So, I guess my new question is...

Hi folks. Looking for some help please. I started a non-fish cycle a couple of weeks ago. I seeded my canister filter with some media from a friend's tank. Almost immediately the daily dose of ammonia would be processed overnight. I was encouraged! I was testing the nitrites daily, waiting...

Hi Folks, I am new to this forum - getting back into fish keeping after many years. What a great resource this forum is! My tank is almost cycled. When it is, I plan to order my fish from liveaquaria.com. I will order guppies, neons, platies and cory cats. I would also like to order...

Yes, I meant nitrite spike and some nitrate reading. Thanks.

Hi Folks, This is my first post. I joined a few months ago in anticipation of getting back into the hobby. Thanks to so many folks for wonderful information. Usually I can find answers to my questions without posting but this time, I don't seem to find the answer. About a week ago I filled...