I would rewrite it all, but it would likely be a waste of my time since the odds are extremely high it would not be used as a lot of what it would say would contradict many of the things posted by moderators. But if the staff is willing to allow things to stand such as:
- There is a difference between ammonia (NH3) and ammonium (NH4+) and it is important to know what the difference is and what it means for us a fish keepers.
- .25 ppm of total ammonia on most test kits is not a danger in almost all cases of cycling with fish and does not mean one must be doing big water changes.
- The preferred test kits of the site, API ones, are not reliable unless one is aware of what they are measuring and what it means.
- That some bacteria in a bottle products do work.
- That the nitrifying bacteria, once established, are very hardy. They do not die off at the rate of 10% a day, they can survive with no ammonia and little or no oxygen for a good amount of time.
- That plain old fishless cycling should normally be completed in 5 to 6 weeks in the vast majority of cases when done properly and that less time is possible.
- That tanks can be cycled to function in acid pH levels below 6.5 if one knows how to achieve this so. That while too low a pH can impede the normal cycle, this is not the same thing as stopping it.
These are just a few examples of the aquarium myths that need to be flushed out aquarium sites, imo.
