This may help ( or really hinder) those looking for basic information on fish for your tanks. Point your browser to http://www.google.com/squared and enter your search term as you normally would. Results are presented in a table format with columns titled “Item Name”, “Image”, “Description”, “Family”, “Class”, “Genus”, and you can add your own columns, […]
Well, it looks like you have plenty of cycled filters to get live bacteria from. You never needed Dr. Tim’s stuff to begin with. So with ample media from previously cycled tanks, you could add fish and if Dr. Tim’s was a good bottle, you just went into over kill. If it […]
No need to tear down the tank to remove snails. There are several ways to accomplish this, though they do take some time, and it would be an ongoing operation. Simplest way is to simply crush the snails found on the glass of the tank, and let the fish have some snack time with them. […]
I am not one of the members that have a lot of experience with fish keeping, though with the help of this group I have been very successful so far.
Her is my experience and thoughts on Dr. Tim’s. When it works, I hear it works very well, when it does not, you have no […]
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, […]
In my freshwater aquarium, I have been having a problem with very high c03 levels(Between 80 and 100 PPM), however my co2 levels stay low - nearly unreadable. I currently have some live plants - a species of dwarf lily that I am not sure of its proper genus(And how it can be called a […]
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 […]