Recent content by metropolis93fan

I'm open to suggestions!

If I don't disturb the gravel I can't get what's built up down on the bottom of the tank. so far they've lived through two tank CHANGES with disrupting it and several times of swirling it around so that the filter could suck some up... and pretty sure it's what is in the bottom of the gravel...

That amount of food was when I had 20+... and I haven't fed for over a week, now. But plan on waiting another week and will do less when I do. Will keep up the water changes. Yesterday I did my betta and set up a 10 gallon. I just couldn't do any more lifting of water (Pelvic floor issues and...

I"ve had my 5.5 going for over a year with neocardina shrimp with nary a problem. I had surgery in September, then got long-term sick and let up on water changes and gravel washings mostly around the surgery point. I didn't realize how much matter was down in the gravel (and it was starting to...

Both of my HOBs... identical... one in a 10 gallon tank with a betta and two nerite snails and one in a 5.5 with only neo shrimp (I Know this is a betta site but it involves the betta tank) smell. For sure the biomedia (the stones in the bag on top) smell. Pretty sure the rest of the media...

I'll check it tomorrow but it's done with RO water which is used in my other two tanks and is around 6.5 in them

The first time I had half the gravel from an established tank as well as the bioballs from that same tank. It was still extremely slow. Not instant. I can't do a massive change right now. I just had surgery. But I'll try it later...

I've cycled three tanks using the fishless cycling method on here with ZERO problems... textbook cases. This fourth tank? The cycle has tanked three times now. One was because I was hospitalized a LOT longer than expected... and it ran out of ammonia even when I put extra ammonia in before I...

I'll check nitrates then! I've never heard of it bypassing nitrites before. Should be an interesting experiment. And thanks. I'll definitely dose back up to 2 just to be safe... I don't want to have to start all over AGAIN!

I started my cycle long enough ago that it should have been okay while I was having surgery this Friday (and hospitalized 3-5 days, and leaving home tomorrow). I have cycled 3 tanks before... so I shouldn't be having problems. But I am. The cycle started, my nitrites were showing... .25 ppm... I...

Well I know it's not from the water as I use RO ID water. Hopefully it works out...

Such as?

I did already! I took the bio-ball type things out of the betta's tank and put it in the filter (same kind) of the new tank. Not sure how long I would have to wait before taking the tiny bit of floss I have in there out. I don't want to undo his cycle.

My new tank is right next to my current one.... (I'll have two going). The new one quite cloudy. I mean you can see through it, but it's not crisp and clear like the other. Is this normal? I can't remember what it was like when I cycled my other tanks. If not, suggestions for clearing it up?

Okay! Thanks!