Recent content by Mtvrdik10

Well that sucks! Ughhh well looks like I have to get another filter soon! Thanks guys. I appreciate it.

Only 30 gallons? Why does it say 93 gallons on the box? I also looked online and it said the same..

Alright I may not have explained it well I'm sorry. In my 55 gallon aquarium (the one with the foam issue) I have 1 electric blue dempsey and 1 green terror. Each one is an inch big. I also have a new eheim 2215 canister filter. I was told that would be more than adequate for a 55 gallon...

Ok cool I did what you said. It seems to have helped there's plenty less foam. A little remains...but not a large amount by any means. I'm still confused why that would come though...I have 4 good sized red belly piranhas in a 20 gallon tank just temporarily because someone was going to get rid...

Does anyone know what causes foam to form at the top of your tank? There's been foam there for a couple weeks now and it seems not to being any harm, but I still don't know why it is there. Anyone know what may be causing this? Thank you.

Ha wow...well at one point I thought I did...but I'm certainly wrong from the looks of it lol. Two examples of why I never looked too much into cycling fish tanks. A. Having had fish for 10+ years and having minimal issues with any of them I figured putting some goldfish in the tank for some...

Alright I guess this is where I'm confused. Why add more goldfish to get nitrite ammonia and nitrate in the tank to readable levels...when I can just add the desired fish I want in there and just do routine water changes and keep an eye on the levels?

So basically I should add more goldfish and in time I will get more accurate readings??

Thank you for all your help again guys. So you're pretty much saying the cycle is going just fine and will just need a few more weeks before I can safely add some fish??

yea man brand new eheim 2215 filter. New media and everything.

I have 2 gold fish in there currently at about 2 inches. Originally I had 7 but the other 5 died within a few days. However, these 2 have been just fine. And Yes I did also add water conditioner. I also added tank stabilization for the first 7 days of the tank set up as well.

No Water Changes at all dude. I added the proper amount of new tank stabilization the first 7 days of it running. I added the goldfish about the 5th day after the water cleared up a bit. Bacterial bloom I believe is the proper definition? Anyhow. It's been 2 weeks maybe a day or 2 under that the...

Alright guys I took your advice and got a different test kit. An API Freshwater Master Test Kit. Test pH, High Range pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate. After doing the test these were the results. Ammonia - 0 High Range pH - 8.2 Nitrate - 0 Nitrite - 0 pH - 7.6 So the tests did vary a...

I did skim through that material for sure thank you for also pointing it out to me though. I personally have never even heard of a fishless cycle before coming to these forums...so ill just stick to old school with my goldfish haha. The only test I had ever done on my water before yesterday was...

Hmmm the testing kit I bought was about the same price. The dip one that is...ill have to get the other one though. And I actually am not running a fishless cycle. I have a few goldfish in there and I have had them in a couple weeks now.