Recent content by zannster

Hi. I had not heard that about the pH. I have since mixed distilled water with my tap water to lower the GH/KH, and the pH is closer to 7.2 (varying between 7.2-7.8). My kit is the strip type, with everything except ammonia on one strip. I also don't have a heater yet, so the water temp is...

rebrn - here is some other advice I got (from Diana on fishgeeks): ammonia - between .5-1.0 This is a low level as far as growing nitrifying bacteria, but a toxic level for the fish. Keep adding ammonia to read 3 ppm (details in my signature) to continue the fishless cycle. (Read my note about...

Thanks. I didn't say it was cycled. I just said that it had fish in it for two weeks (pumping in ammonia), and I wondered where in the process to pick up. I assumed it wouldn't take quite as long as it would for someone with a fresh, new tank.

I had fish in my (ahem - uncycled) tank for two weeks. It was full. Now, I have returned all the fish, because I decided to go with a different kind of fish. I want to make sure that the tank is good for them before buying them. Here's what I have now: ammonia - between .5-1.0 nitrate - 20...

After getting some comments elsewhere, I just decided to return all these fish (minus the pleco, which I can't seem to find any receipt for - I may have gotten it for free). I'm going to start over with some more peaceful fish.

I have a 15 gallon tank. I bought it for my young son when he inherited some goldfish (that had been thrown into a chlorinated swimming pool - poor things). Not long after that, we got six serpae tetras. The goldfish finally died (they never appeared to get nipped, so I assume they were...