Recent content by tbm

thanks very much for your replies. The nitrates don't seem to change much if at all. I am doing a 25% change (roughly) each week, I have tested each week right before the change and right after and both days ammonia is 0, nitrites 0. These 2 have never changed at all, even slightly. whoo-hoo...

very new to fish keeping, however I think I'm getting it together. background first: got a tank that I thought was a 29 gal, put chemicals in, put plants in, got 4 fish I thought were mollies, found out fish were teras, went back to store, found out tank was only 20 gal, took back to vendor...

well, I tried reading everything about the fishless cycle and every other thread for newbies here. I contacted local people and was told I could go ahead and put fish in after 24 hrs. I did not understand the "cycle" that happened because I missed an important newbie thread, "avoiding new tank...

how do you grow your own bacteria?

I guess I could ask them about filter media. At least, their tanks would be well looked after. A couple of locals did say not to take media from someone's tanks as I wouldn't know if it was diseased or not. I really don't want to harm the fish. I guess I will try a fisn cycle.

I have the water level between that line and the cap. I am going to Petsmart this afternoon and will get a test kit, some water or gravel from their tank and find out about the water level Local fish owners from around here keep telling me I don't have to cycle, but then one of them just said...

here's a link to the heater: http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?...;utm_source=cse no instructions as it came with the used tank. Didn't get the test kit yet, the sales clerk was being easy on me yesterday. Probably afraid I would smash the tank when I found out how much I was going to...

thanks for the fast reply. I have read that thread, that's why my head is buzzing. If I fully submerged the heater, both the cord and the temp control will be under water. That's the part I'm confused about.

Hi, I am very new to the forum as to being a fish mommy, in fact we are still expecting the first ones. I bought a gently used 29 gal aquarium for hubby for Christmas. It came with a 150 watt heater and a bio wheel filter, no instructions. I went to Petsmart and was told the Bio wheel filter...