Any Pointers On What I'm Trying To Do?

[fatheadminnow]

Yup, ammonia and nitrite should not go above .25 ppm. Above this, then there is only negative things that are going to happen.

-FHM

 

[waterdrop]

Agree with the others. As you pass above 0.25ppm NO2, you know your methemoglobin rate will be climbing too much.

~~waterdrop~~

 

[FISH-FRY]

Did my first water change ~13% a couple of days ago and nitrites have remained at 0. I've added three more Neon Tetras last night and waiting to test again later to see where I'm at.

I also swapped out my filter to the model 20 to assist in my stocking plans and as well as a Fluval E100 heater. I like the .5° option with this heater and no more twisting and hoping that I'm at least 1° within the range I want to be. I set it to 75° F in my tank and it's been solid except sometimes in the day it goes up .5° probably due to the light being on and warming up the water a tad.

New filter and heater

Does anyone think that Dwarf Gouramis wouldn't like the water flow above?



New heater showing a green 75° F and the Tetras liking the fact that they wont get burned by a bare heater

 

[OldMan47]

nevermind

 

[FISH-FRY]

your change into the biofilter provideed their filtration provided by the latest data provided is dish fry's post will not be enough to give the biological impact of keeping your fish without a dedicated biological f8l5erolic al filter.

So what you're really trying to say is...

 

[OldMan47]

Sorry about the previous post, looks like I was typing without reading what came out. Your change of filter will have removed some of the ability of the previous filter to process your water even if you moved the filter media over. A filter of a different size will not allow you to stock more but may help remove more solids from the tank's water. A fairly common misconception is that by overfiltering you can safely overstock a tank. It just is not true. Most tanks have filters that are far more than they really need for biological filtration and adding more is just a way to spend money. What a large filter can do is provide good circulation for planted tanks and remove some more of the visible dirt in a tank. If you have particularly messy fish, a larger filter can make the tank look cleaner, but that is about it.

 

[FISH-FRY]

Sorry about the previous post, looks like I was typing without reading what came out. Your change of filter will have removed some of the ability of the previous filter to process your water even if you moved the filter media over. A filter of a different size will not allow you to stock more but may help remove more solids from the tank's water. A fairly common misconception is that by overfiltering you can safely overstock a tank. It just is not true. Most tanks have filters that are far more than they really need for biological filtration and adding more is just a way to spend money. What a large filter can do is provide good circulation for planted tanks and remove some more of the visible dirt in a tank. If you have particularly messy fish, a larger filter can make the tank look cleaner, but that is about it.

According to AqAdvisor I'm at 55% stocking and it looks pretty bare.

 

[yhbae]

A filter of a different size will not allow you to stock more but may help remove more solids from the tank's water. A fairly common misconception is that by overfiltering you can safely overstock a tank. It just is not true. Most tanks have filters that are far more than they really need for biological filtration and adding more is just a way to spend money. What a large filter can do is provide good circulation for planted tanks and remove some more of the visible dirt in a tank. If you have particularly messy fish, a larger filter can make the tank look cleaner, but that is about it.

I get asked this question a lot too from new keepers. Once you have enough filtration installed in your setup, adding more doesn't allow for more stocking at all. It does give you some contingency room in case you have disasters in hand (i.e. fish rotting in your tank without you being aware) but it will not help reduce nitrate levels - only water changes will (plants help too to some degree). Hence I do suggest them to over-filter but not for the reason of keeping higher stocking levels.

 

[FISH-FRY]

Here it is @ 4 Weeks with a couple more plants added and the stocking in my sig. I've seen some baby shrimp swimming about and saw a Pandy Cory today with eggs.

Had a LFS test water today to bounce off my numbers and they're pretty much spot on with mine. Looking good.

 

[Ferg1985]

I have that same piece of tree root ready for my main tank, along with two of the same type as you posted as an example before you added pictures small world! Good little tank you have there, hope it's all working out well for the fishes! Plenty of people on here to keep you in the know

 

[FISH-FRY]

I have that same piece of tree root ready for my main tank, along with two of the same type as you posted as an example before you added pictures small world! Good little tank you have there, hope it's all working out well for the fishes! Plenty of people on here to keep you in the know

Thanks! Small world indeed considering I'm on the other side of the pond. Are those pieces available locally to you or did you get yours on-line? I got mine at a LFS. I got that piece thinking it would be smaller in my tank although it was a bit bigger than I wanted, but it does work. My shrimp apparently hide in there since I can't find them some of the time. Looks like my snail is back under it now...just hope nothing dies in there since it's hard to get in it without taking it out. So far so good and I have the look I was hoping for.

Let me know when you get yours setup and post pics!

 

[FISH-FRY]

Here it is @ 5 Weeks and final stocking.