Recent content by R2D2808

I did cycle my tank without fish. This is an established tank that I crashed by removing too much bacteria at once and I'm trying to restart the cycle while keeping my buddies as stress free as possible.

Gotcha, and couldn't agree more. My question though was at what point is just doing H2O changes not enough? Like I said, I changed the water daily, if not more often, for months and the nitrification process still wasn't happening. Granted, I had more stock than I do now and I've added more more...

This goes with my instincts and what I have read and learned over the years. In fact, what lead me to this predicament I'm in now is doing just that. I'm not saying it's wrong, because it's what I believe is correct as well, but I did it for months! The initial crash happened in February and I...

I think one of my main problems is that I have been fighting a battle without all the info. At first, the assumption was I was just trying to restart the cycle, so I was told not to do any water changes, which may have made the pH/KH situation worse, I think? But, if I'm getting this right...

Thanks for the reply! Was kinda waiting for type of response I got before offloading all the gory details, cause this one's a doozy... baffling just about everyone I've asked for advice so far... So, it's a 10 gal freshwater tank that had been established for about a year or so when I crashed...

So nice to see a very informative place to diagnose some of my tank issues, sometimes the internet can be fickle but this might be my answer! That being said, I have come here with an issue, as most do unfortunately. If anyone has any advice on why my KH and pH are rapidly dropping (12-18 hours...