Recent content by Zac5556

I have janitorial strength ammonia should I just add a little bit every day?

It was squeezed from a sponge filter Thanks oldman, he told me the bacteria would be fine for a week without adding any ammonia or fish to the tank, won't they starve? Should I add a little bit of fish food?

I just added some sponge filter water from a friends tank and just started the heater. When I put the bacteria filled water in my tank the water was 58 degrees Fahrenheit, did that kill the bacteria I need"

Hey everyone, needing some questions answered on a canister filter for my 65 gallon tank. My tank is a hexagon that stands about 18 inches tall. The tank is on a wooden stand that is about 2 feet tall. Can I buy tubing long enough to reach from the floor and will the filter work just as...

thank you so much!

i'm just concerned the low ph is stalling my cycle

It's a 29 gallon tank i'm actually just cycling the tank, fishless. I started on 12-30-12 i have a live plant that had added before i started the tank but it is getting the clear color like it is dying. Would the almost dead plant be dropping the ph? i just added wood lol, i will take it...

I don't, should I add some? What kind of wood?

Wow so I tested my tap waters ph level and it is about 8.0 When I test my aquarium fish tank it is around 6.0 What could be causing the fish tank ph to be so low?

Thanks snazy! My ph was lower than 6.0 on my API kit so I added a tiny bit of baking soda, was that a good idea?

What type of water conditioner is good for a fishless cycle?

What brand do you advise? My ph was at about 6.8 I put one drop of Ammonia 4 says ago when I saw the test showing around 2 ppm but haven't put any in since

I have amquel as well, should I use that? Do you think the prime is what's keeping my ammonia so high?

The ammonia reading could be a 5 it was hard for me to tell on the color chart, just don't want the cycle to stall because of high ammonia levels. Would a water change hurt with prime? Thank you all again

Hi there everyone! I started fishless cycling my new 29 gallon tank with janitorial strength ammonia from my local ace hardware store about 2 weeks ago. I did a test tonight and here are the results: Ammonia 4 ppm Nitrite 3 ppm Nitrate 5 ppm Is the ammonia too high? At what level should of...