Recent content by northof60

Hi all, I have a trickle/sump filter on the back of my tank and it does not seem to be pulling enough water in for an even flow through the filter, its just coming out the sides at the exit point? I checked the cartridge, gave it a rinse and a shake in de-chlorinated water and put it back in...

You know I thought and wondered about how long I should leave the seasoned gravel in. My nitrite spike had been going a while and as I just mentioned to drop, and didn't mention intially the nitrite looked like a little less the day I added the seasoned gravel. If I intended to do a fish in...

Hi again waterdrop, sorry for the delay responding. No offense intended drop but I know water changes are my friend and probably the most useful, practical, and readily available tool at my disposal. I also know that bacteria doesn't reside in the water, but was concerned that continual water...

Thanks for the welcome waterdrop. Makes perfect sense waterdrop, I indeed got impatient and figured the nitrite chewers were in full force since my nitrates were off the chart and the nitrites had disappeared. What kind of volume for water changes are we talking here, 30%, 50%? If I do to many...

Hello Amunet, and thanks for the prompt reply. To answer your question, evidently not long enough, lol! Seriously though, I waited only a couple of days, nitrates were off the charts, and no sign of the "never ending nitrite spike" I did a large water change and added the fish the next day...

I have a couple of questions. I have a 29 gallon tank, spiked it with ammonia to 5ppm until I saw nitites, then added ammonia to keep the level from 3-5 until it dissappeared. My tank was proceesing 3-5 ppm of ammonia in 10-12 hours which from my understanding, is a good load of ammonia eaters...