Recent content by smackitsakic

Usually around 100ppm.

Looking for some guidance on what to add to my tank. I lost a lot of fish a month ago due to my own error with chlorinated water. I’m going to restock with 10-15 tiger barbs. What else would go well with them? My water is generally on the harder side than soft. Tank is 55 gallons. Other fish...

Thanks. I think you’re right. I usually add tap conditioner as I’m adding the water through my hose and didn’t last night (I ran out). What a silly mistake! I feel bad. Ugh.

So sad. Last night I needed to move my 55 gallon tank as we are getting new carpet. Only had to move it 20 feet. I emptied it down to about 30%, but didn’t take the fish out. I moved the tank with 30% in it (was able to slide it) and refilled with 70% new water. Tank is well established and...

Hi everyone, I've been working on stocking my 50 gallon tank over the past couple of months. I'm curious on quantity of the above. Is this overstocked? I'm running a double filter setup with a AquaTech 30-60 and a Penguin Biowheel 150. Can they keep up to this? I know the compatibility isn't...

My problem persists. I can’t seem to get rid of this brown algae. I have reduced the lighting a lot, down to about 2 cycles of 3 hours each per day. I have also reduced feeding to a small amount once per day and an even smaller amount in the evening. Still can’t stop the algae. I also did a deep...

Hi everyone, I’m wondering if my bristlenose pleco is too small for my 50 gallon tank. He is small, only about 1.5” in length and my tank is growing with algae everywhere. I previously had a much larger 5-6” common pleco in there but rehomed it. My tank also has a couple of really small snails...

So my brown algae is spiralling out of control. I went from almost no noticeable algae a week ago to algae all over the place. About two weeks ago I traded my common pleco (5”) for a small bristlenose (1.5”). Would this be to blame?! Water levels are all normal. Ammonia and nitrites 0 and...

I have a 36” led light on my 55 gallon. I don’t understand the difference between the dimmer blue setting and the full brightness white setting. Supposedly one is for day and one is for night. does this mean I can have the light in at all times, 12 hours of white during day and 12 hours of blue...