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Im having a problem with my aquaclear 150. The intake tube sucks up water but when it gets to the back end of the U, the water drops on an angle. It looks like there is and air bubble. I have tried several things including starting it up with the water in and plugging it in dry and adding water...

okay thanks..ill give it a try

I read that plants will affect my readings though as they will feed off the ammonia

Can I add plants during a fishless cycle or should I wait until it is over?

Okay this is really weird... I basically completely started my 20 gal from scratch...added new play sand(which i soaked as per the instructions found in one of the stickies on this site) and put in the decorations from my old tank (after they were all thoroughly washed in 10% bleach solution and...

Ive had the test for maybe a month. I dont think its the test I just think the value was so high it had trouble picking it up. I climatized them for about 30 minutes. I doubt it was a pH shock as my ph is 7.2 and the stores is 7.

Nevermind... Got the water tested at petco and it turns out my ammonia was off the charts.. I thought it was 0 because on the api test kit it was kind of clear...

My tank was fully cycled so I decided to add fish. I tested my water one last time an got the following: ph: 7.2 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 20 kH: 13 Went to petco got 9 neon tetras that all looked fine until they touched my water. At this point they swam together for a little bit and then...

Thats another thing I wanted to ask about... What order should I add these in?

bump...anyone?

I like the shrimp and dwarf frogs in there for contrast... I think this is my revised list, let me know if the numbers are okay cause I think I might have gotten greedy: 3 african dwarf frogs 5-7 shrimp (amano, ghost, or cherry depending on whats available at the lfs) 6 tetras (neon or...

I was looking at rams but was kind of worried because everything I read says that they are very sensitive to water conditions. I'll definitely look into the ottos. What do you mean by sorted?? I like cichlids and was wondering if there are any besides rams that I could look into for this tank...

As the title says its a 20g long tank. While it is cycling Im researching some possibilities. 3 african dwarf frogs 5-7 ghost or amano shrimp 6 zebra danios or neon or pristella tetras 1-Male Betta This is a planted tank with high WPG and controlled CO2.. There will obviously still be algae...

I'm new to this but I think a 10% bleach solution should be good.

I've been trying but theres no way Im going to get all of it...I turned my filter on which seems to have helped a little. I remember reading about something I could buy to clump the particles together making it easier on the filter but I forget what it is called