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Maintenence Advice I know every one reccomends changing 20% of the water and gravel vac'ing. If im vacing out 20% of my water and all the waste in the gravel, arent i ki...	katieb	3	02-Aug-2004 02:04
Brown Algae I have a bad case of brown algae in my tank. I have heard it could be because my tank is still brand new. My tank is approximately 8 weeks old. I d...	luisprado	11	01-Aug-2004 23:11
PH Help! State of Confusion~LONG Greetings~I have quite a situation, so I will try and give as many details as possible. Sorry if I bore you, but I am a newbie at this, and I know I h...	firefighterwife	10	01-Aug-2004 07:03
Cloudy (Brown) Water What causes cloudy (brown) water and how do you get rid of it ? It is driving me :%) It is in my 30 gal which gets weekly water changes of 30% - 40%...	Meg's Mom	8	31-Jul-2004 16:57
salt in freshwater A question that I have is what effects will freshwater salt have on freshwater tanks? I just came across this stuff and added it to my tank, but I ne...	pmdaggett	3	31-Jul-2004 16:52
Nitrites Skyrocketing Help! My nitrites are way to high. I have done frequent water changes to try and get it back down with no luck. I have also vaccumed the gravel. M...	jenbabe256	6	31-Jul-2004 07:42
. meg'smom, wow 98.6 that's hot. Right back out ya girl. I just knew someone would take the mickey out of me.]...	TigerAngel	0	31-Jul-2004 05:45
Too much ammonia? Is it possible that I am putting too much ammonia to my fishless cycle that it's causing my nit[font color="#008000"]rite[/font] not to decreas...	sly	3	30-Jul-2004 14:59
White particles everywhere Hey all, i've got a problem with a fine dust of white particles all over the tank. Its not affecting fish health or water quality, it just makes every...	Veteric	14	30-Jul-2004 11:03
Green Tank I woke up this morning to find my whole tank green. (10 gal) I went to see if it had just grown algae along the sides, but no it was the actual water!...	sarahtr10	5	30-Jul-2004 10:03
Help! Brown dots on plants? What's the problem? My fish tank is going well; however, Im having some problems with small brown dots on my plants. Over the past week the plants have been developing li...	axolotl	1	29-Jul-2004 19:18
still high nitrate????? what am i doing wrong? i am not overfeeding, i dont think i am over stocking, i have 10 ghost shrimps, 4 small angels, and 4 otos. then angels are 1 l...	greenfootball	3	29-Jul-2004 01:17
Brown Water? i've just put in the plants and in my 15 gallon aquarium after two weeks of nothing being in there (but water and the filter + heater) and it seems to...	james_zy	3	29-Jul-2004 00:10
KH and PH my KH is about 120, is that high enough so my PH wont jump back and forth everytime i do water change?...	greenfootball	3	28-Jul-2004 16:22
NO3 - HNO3 - Dead Fish!!! [font color="#000080"]I'm not sure if i'm right or not. I'm only making a hypothesis ba sed on my chemistry knowledge. If you do some equation balacin...	JQW	9	28-Jul-2004 01:02
Filtration while treating disease in new, uncycled tank Hello. I am having to treat my new, uncycled tank for a fungal infection (using PimaFix and MelaFix). Fish have been in for about a week now, treatme...	crickit99	3	27-Jul-2004 22:43
Total Hardness Has Gone Up In doing my weekly water quality tests today I noticed that my total harndess (GH) has risen from 25 to 75 ppm. I realize that this is "only" changin...	toreador	3	25-Jul-2004 20:38
Steps after cycling. Once I am done cycling do I need to do a water change? If so how much %? And when should I replace the filter ( how long after I put my fish in)?...	Fishguy101	2	25-Jul-2004 17:34
Best Way to Clean Algae What is the best method for cleaning algae off of a glass aquarium (besides algae eating fish/snails)? I know some people use sponges, some people us...	MikeDawg	9	25-Jul-2004 16:03
Film on water surface after feeding live brine shrimp. G'day all My fishtank has finished cycling and I have since added guppies, cardinals and a betta. I bought some live brine shrimp from the LF...	Shark	3	25-Jul-2004 11:28
Using bottled drinking water for a betta Hi there, I have a sick betta alone in a 1G tank (soon to be upgraded to a 2G aquarium). On the hospital forum, some people have said that my ammonia...	spongebob	2	23-Jul-2004 21:30
Use by date for test kits answer Hi all, In my last couple of posts I asked questions regarding test results I got using the "Freshwater Master Test Kit" from Aquarium Pharmaceutical...	macbeth	5	23-Jul-2004 03:29
CaCO3 and pH/hardness CaCO3-calcium carbonate, will dissolve in water quite readily and produce carbon dioxide gas and calcium ion (in form of bicarbonate i think) calcium...	JQW	1	20-Jul-2004 20:12
Update on cycling I started cycling my tank a week ago (fishless) and have finally gotten a nitrite spike. I am reducing the ammonia intake now. Does anyone know how lo...	Fishguy101	2	18-Jul-2004 19:25
Quick Question I have a question, and I think this is board it needs to be on, but if I'm wrong, please tell me. Yesterday, as I was doing my normal weekly 15% wat...	CeltGirl	4	18-Jul-2004 17:38
Geo Liquid Has anyone here used geo liquid to clear there water of chems and restore bacteria? i overtreated my tank and killed practically all my fish. the guy...	carpe_diem	11	18-Jul-2004 09:06
My PH Keeps Falling Pages: 1, 2 My PH keeps falling in my 30 gal tank. The 20 gal has no problem and everything is basically the same as far as no driftwood, a couple of ceramic orn...	Meg's Mom	21	18-Jul-2004 04:24
tank not cycling - what can i do? ok, i've had my tank up and running for over three weeks now. it's a 46 gallon with 11 tiger barbs in it. the problem is, it doesnt appear to be cycli...	NowherMan6	18	17-Jul-2004 17:08
ph changes why dos ph drop without putting in co2, peat, or driftwood....	greenmonkey51	1	16-Jul-2004 23:52
uv sterilisers Does anyone have any thoughts about the use of UV sterilisers? I'm thinking of getting one as an aid to water quality in general. I'm not over-run by...	james747	1	15-Jul-2004 06:28
what ph will I get? Using a filter on my faucet and concentrated peat moss pellets in 5g buckets I've gotten my water from 20dkh, 25dgh, ~10ph to 8.4 ph, 5dkh, 10dgh. Go...	sham	5	14-Jul-2004 21:33
Difference of pH between tap and tank water Well, I recently went through a move, and it was relatively successful - so far I've only suffered one loss. However, though the water quality is sim...	Discuslover87	5	13-Jul-2004 23:08
DIY NO3 TEST KIT [font color="#000080"]I don't know whether anyone else has ever thought of that idea. Making a DIY NO3 test kit. I know you can make a DIY pH test kit...	JQW	14	13-Jul-2004 12:08
Chlorine, Chloramine and Python Water Changes For those of you using python's or similar for gravel vacs and water changes, I have some questions: 1) Do you pre-fill something with your new water...	Cory_Di	13	12-Jul-2004 04:23
No more dead fish. Please help!!!???!!? I have a 10-gallon tank that I started around 2 months ago with 2 dwarf Gouramis, 2 wagtail platys and 2 ghost shrimp. 2 and weeks ago a platy and 2...	Right000	12	11-Jul-2004 07:51
stringy white stuff mabey someone can answer a question for me. a friend of mine set up a 20usg tank and instead of waiting to add the fish slowly he bought 8 at one tim...	chris1017	2	09-Jul-2004 17:08
excessive phosphate Can excessive phosphates affect the fish? I have discovered the water treatment I used was adding huge ammounts of phosphates to the tank. Have now st...	james747	4	09-Jul-2004 14:59
??Ammonia??Nitrite??Nitrate?? Nitrogen Cycle [font color="#000080"]Just want to get one thing clear here. I would like it as clear as possible. 1) Fish eat, food containing protein will de...	JQW	1	09-Jul-2004 14:01
hard water i've got a question.. i have 2 angelfish and i just tested my water and it tests out that i have very hard water. could any of you recommend a water s...	zerosix	3	08-Jul-2004 21:53
Gravel Vac while Cycling? Should I be vacuuming my gravel while my tank is cycling or would that disturb the bacteria that is forming during the cycle process?...	luisprado	2	07-Jul-2004 18:48
Bio Additives, Store vs. Brand Cycle and BioSpira are the two brand names we hear most often, but what about the store brand of bio additives. Big Al's has one, and...	Babelfish	1	07-Jul-2004 02:07
Cycling question---how is this possible? I set up my 10 gal just last week, all the riggings being brand new from the store. Two days afterwards, I started a live fish/shrimp cycling. (I'm ru...	Klee	9	06-Jul-2004 20:14
Sure Fire Tank Clarifier???? Hi There! I think this is my first post here. I have searched for fish on here all the time just not used the boards. Anyway, I have a 250 gallon...	countrygirl	19	06-Jul-2004 20:09
ALGONE Just finished reading about this product at the web site,Algone.com. Does anyone in this forum use this product and have any comments....	JTF	0	06-Jul-2004 15:29
HIGH NITRATES!!!!!!!! they wont go down! well in one of my tanks has high nitrates i have done water changes after water change and nothing has happened! the fish in there are guppies/tetras!...	fish1	15	06-Jul-2004 14:55
Question on Bio-Spira If you have already started cycling a tank (2nd week) with fish in it, could you still use Bio-Spira if you came across some? My friend started a new...	luisprado	11	05-Jul-2004 16:48
Avoiding mini cycle Hi, ok little background first. I had 3 goldfish and a plec in a 6.5g tank. Having discovered that this is infact an incredible bad thing to do i ru...	Alfie	6	05-Jul-2004 12:31
Start cycling. So to begin cycling my 20 gallon tank i could buy 2 tiger barbs and just wait for a couple weeks to develop the good bacteria?...	Fishguy101	5	05-Jul-2004 00:49
Which is quicker non-fish or fish cycling? Which is faster to do, non-fish cycling or fish cycling? I think I am going to try non-fish cycling....	Fishguy101	7	04-Jul-2004 15:41
water changes for raised pH If I raise my pH with rocks or crushed coral, then when I do water changes how can I match the pH in the new water?...	johnsmith	3	04-Jul-2004 04:49

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