Also your tank will not be cycled until you get a nitrate reading, but it will take a week or two.
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From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of janis_chrystal Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 11:50 AM To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AquaticLife] new tank
I started a new tank with Dr tim freshwater bacteria for my 20 […]
If you only put one tetra in the tank, the bacteria will grow only to support the one tetra and will not be sufficient for the corys. I believe the instructions with Dr. Tims say to add all fish at the same time as the Dr. Tims. If you dont, the bacteria you […]
I started a new tank with Dr tim freshwater bacteria for my 20 gal long tank. I will be adding 1 tetra for right now. Our cory catfish had babies and all I can see from time to time is 5 babies. I want to put the tetra in 1st.. Our 46 gal tank is […]
Ike Lenny, I am not sure what you mean by CO3 levels unless you are talking about CaCO3, calcium carbonate, in which case your readings are not a problem.
Your dwarf water lily is a dwarf. If you had a “normal” sized water lily, your 20 gallon tank would not be large enough for one leaf, […]
Thanks for posting the message Aaron. To answer your questions:
Yes I slowly add fish over time, due to the nitrogen cycle; as you and others know, once a tank is “cycled” it has sufficient bacteria (nitrosomonas and nitrospira) for the amount of ammonia/nitrite available to them as food. Adding fish increases the ammonia […]
Ray,
Most likely the problem is heat. There are a number of fans in your computer, usually a minimum of three, though some only have two. With one serving as a case/cpu fan. To check to see if the problem may be heat, an easy check, the power supply has a fan, located near the plug […]
External drive are awesome. You can either buy one all put together or you can get your own drive and put it in an enclosure. The enclosures cost around $50-60 and hard drives are pretty cheap. You can get a terrabyte drive for under $200 now…that’s a lot of space. Both usually […]
On a side note, I think I have stimulated my cory’s into spawning mode with all the cleaning’s I’ve done the last couple of days, they got 2 PWC’s yesterday (with gravel vac), and today their filter was cleaned so therefor the tank was refilled afterwards, lots of fresh water going in […]
Okay I didn’t use the sock, I used the giant filter bag instead that I got yesterday from marine depot. Wasn’t sure where it would work best in the filter so it’s at the top (last thing the water filters through). I will check the GH and KH tonight when I get […]
It’s never a good idea to add chemicals (tablets, etc.) of any sort unless it’s absolutely necessary. With doing a PWC (and I wish I knew how much), you ammonia should be down from 1.0 ppm unless your cycle is not working well enough to convert the ammonia that is being given off by […]