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When to test? Just did a 20% water change so when should I retest for ammonia? Should I wait 24 hours after the water change? Ammonia was creeping up from 0 to .1...	leana	7	24-Feb-2006 12:00
Brown and Green Algae Hi all! My tank has only been cycled for about a week now, and I've had brown algae for almost a month. I have reduced my feedings to once a day and...	Mitchee	2	23-Feb-2006 17:34
Ozonated water... I told my mom to buy me some water that has been purified by reverse osmosis or deionization. She goes to the store and buys the one that says ozonate...	bodangit	5	22-Feb-2006 01:40
Stocking Limits Hello...I have a 25 gallon tank with these fish in it... 1 flame guorami 2 lemon tetras 6 neons 3 platys 5 corys i have an Aqua Clear hang on filter....	leana	7	20-Feb-2006 15:13
Coudy Water I have run into this problem for the first time. I am running a 55 gallon freshwater tank with a penguin 330 and a magnum 35o pro canister. I recently...	zman	3	20-Feb-2006 09:06
Best way to raise Ph? What do you consider the best way to raise ph? I have a tap water with 6.7 ph and I am thinking about a multi tank with a ph of around 8. Thanks...	bcwcat22	4	20-Feb-2006 02:41
Is This Ok? 18g nirate 20 nitite 0 water hardness Gh 75 alkalinity 180 ph 7.8 heres what's in there 1 neon dwarf gourami 1 paradise fish 3 ghost shrimp 1 peppe...	DwarfGourami	6	17-Feb-2006 04:30
Cycling question Hi everyone My tank has been cycling since 27 Dec./05. A few days ago nitrItes started showing up and went as high as 1 ppm. No amonia and no nitrAt...	Mitchee	16	16-Feb-2006 12:27
Fishless Cycling Quandry? Here's the rundown... I'm on day 17 of fishless cycle of 110gallon. Started with all readings (NH3, NO2, NO3) at 0. Seeded tank with filter sponge/c...	questor	2	16-Feb-2006 01:19
Baking soda among other Q's. Hello all, i have a few questions. 1-Baking soda. Is this what they use as the primary substance in pH upers? Does this raise pH. I know it is suppose...	clownloachfan	9	08-Feb-2006 08:16
Cloudy Water my 15 gal has cloudy water. Who like an aquarium that is to cloudy to see your fish? Well its kind of a greenish cloud. i recently changed 50% of the...	fishkid99	8	03-Feb-2006 04:43
How do I get soft, acidic water? I am having some problems with my water quality . I am keeping a tank of tetras and I am trying to give them the best water I can, but the water I...	thestooge	4	03-Feb-2006 02:47
Cloudy Tank I have a 75 gallon tank with 4 4-6 inch african chiclids, 2 baby chiclids, 2 blue rams, and a chinesse alge eater. All was fine untill my filter brok...	oz196	3	02-Feb-2006 20:32
Test Results for 2 Cycling Tanks Hi there I'm currently cycling 2 tanks (for the 1st time). They are both at varying stages. I know the cycle period can take a while, but parti...	TW	13	01-Feb-2006 23:18
Algae? Is there such thing as a reddish algae? I have a planted tank, and there are plants that have red pigments, could this be the cause? Would algae eat...	mikdavy2	2	01-Feb-2006 05:05
No cycling with plants? Hello all; I'm just throwing this out there to see what everyone thinks - I came across this online article which states that a new tank does not req...	misty7	3	31-Jan-2006 14:30
Kh? I have been wondering, what does "kh" stand for? And how can i check, and change it and what is the best level?...	mikdavy2	8	28-Jan-2006 18:16
microorganisms in water? I am not sure where this post belongs. I posted in the the planted section but the only answer I got isn't right. I have some kind of microorganism o...	GirlieGirl8519	12	27-Jan-2006 05:28
pretty high ammonia in established tank Pages: 1, 2 I have a 10g tank with 8 neons, one male betta, and 2 ottos. I also have tons of snails (pond and ramshorn) that I don't really want. I posted in the...	GirlieGirl8519	21	25-Jan-2006 08:07
Filter media to increase bio area? What can I put in my filters to increase surface area for beneficial bacteria to grow? My nitrates are high, have been high, and probably always will...	fishiedude	13	25-Jan-2006 06:47
How Best To Clean Contaminated Filter ? Hi There, I have just purchased a Rena XP-2 filter for my 75g tank, and want to move the overworked Fluval 204 to my 25g tank. However, I have had cam...	So_Very_Sneaky	8	22-Jan-2006 20:15
Is this filter too big? Is an AquaClear 50 (200 gph) too big for a 20 gallon tall tank? Does a filter that is too big cause any problems? Thanks!...	tetrasrcool	6	22-Jan-2006 20:10
Green Water! my water in my 15 keeps getting green and staying that way. i have tried to put a towel over it and keep as much light out as i can. i also have tired...	Cichlid Kid	5	21-Jan-2006 21:21
Test kits and question about my water. I have an aquarium pharm master test kit and my buddy is using one of the 5 in 1 test strips so today we tested 2 tanks with both kits to see what the...	muddydogs	6	21-Jan-2006 20:37
How to make tank more acidic? One of my tanks, the Ph is about 7.4 and I would like it to be at about 6.8-7. How can I keep it lower, without using something like Ph down, because...	labrakitty	6	21-Jan-2006 03:03
Biowheel Filters If you recive the HOB filter that comes with the walmart kits as part of a used tank what are the draw backs to buying the few parts needed (i.e. berr...	mrwizerd	2	18-Jan-2006 11:44
Black brush algae I've had BBA growing in my 80 gallon mbuna tank for quite a while. I don't mind it being on the rocks and driftwood as it looks quite pretty, but I do...	just beginning	6	18-Jan-2006 06:19
Aging Water?? I have seen posts where people recomend aging water. What is the point of aging water? Wont it just go stagnate?...	bcwcat22	9	17-Jan-2006 02:55
ARG!!! TANNINS!!!! ARG!!! i am frusterated with the "yellow" look. I soaked the driftwood i slected for my 29 gallon tank in water for a week, changing the water in the...	reun	7	15-Jan-2006 05:06
Best way to buffer PH Pages: 1, 2 The water in my area has a Ph of 7.0 but zero hardness. As the tanks have aged it is getting harder to keep the ph at a consistent level. I change w...	steve	25	14-Jan-2006 17:10
Lowering Nitrates... 1 week ago I discovered that i had a pretty unacceptable nitrate level of about 40ppm. I have a 20gal tank with 4 danios, 2 swordtails, 2 false juli c...	inlikefish	10	13-Jan-2006 00:35
Foggy tank Hey, i just set up an aquarium that i took down about a year ago, when i got done putting all the chemicals in the tank turned ofggy the next day...an...	ku5626	4	12-Jan-2006 04:24
Mould on wood Hi! I set up a juwel vision 180 the week before Christmas with gravel, silica sand, assorted plants and some mopani wood. The tank seems to have cycle...	Dancing-shrimp	6	11-Jan-2006 19:45
Crushed Coral in Filter? Was reading another "hot" forum "Best Way to Buffer PH" posted by Steve. My question is very similar...but hopefully my answers won't be so full of f...	questor	5	09-Jan-2006 23:32
How Often Do You Gravel Vac?? Pages: 1, 2 How often do you do a deep gravel vacuum?? And why do you do it at this time. I personally deep vacuum approximately every other time I change the w...	OldTimer	20	09-Jan-2006 16:16
Film on top of water I am starting to get a film on my tanks its visible from under the water looking up but not from the top and it reacts to the oil in my finger by spre...	mrwizerd	12	09-Jan-2006 06:10
Um gravel vac? Um ok me again :%) lol with yet another dumb question! yay! I bought a um what I thought was a sorta vacuum cleaner for my ten gallon tank. . .(And I...	Betta_Fantasy	6	09-Jan-2006 05:22
MAJOR tank problems. . . Heres what happened. . . I just bought a ten gallon tank oh say about two-three weeks ago, and put my betta, and three cories to cycle it, but I am...	Betta_Fantasy	7	08-Jan-2006 09:18
30% waterchanges once a week enough? for a two gallon mini aquarium with a single male beta??? the tank is filtered, but the filter isnt very strong, not adequate enough for me to go long...	reun	6	08-Jan-2006 02:30
Easy Balance My brother has asked me to find out about a product called easy balance. It is available at Wal-Mart and supposedly once you put it in the tank you do...	luvmykrib	14	06-Jan-2006 20:08
algea and brown "dust" I have never had a problem w algea build up but for some reason my new tanks I have set up all have it. When I do a gravel vac I vacum up this brown...	ladiejl	4	05-Jan-2006 21:58
Moving from PH8, high dH house to PH5.5, 3 dH house...help please Hi. My wife and I are moving from a house with city water to a house with well water that's surrounded by a lot of sandstone rock. Our current city...	derecskey	6	05-Jan-2006 21:55
Driftwood & Cichlids? Hi all. Not sure if this should be posted under water quality, aquascaping or cichlids, but here goes. I'm upgrading to a 110 gallon tank and planni...	questor	9	03-Jan-2006 16:17
Upgrading an aquarium to a bigger size ... A thought has ocurred to me, and I was wondering what everyone else here thinks of this. Let's assume for the sake of hypothesis that I've acquired s...	Calilasseia	12	01-Jan-2006 15:44
what! what is all this PH and ammonia and what kmnot?...	fishys_cant_fly	9	24-Dec-2005 20:07
Preventing a Hiccup I'm getting a black rhom on wednesday this week for my 75g, but I still have to get rid of the RD I have in there now. Due to time constraints I dont...	greenmonkey51	4	20-Dec-2005 17:56
Trying to get rid of protien buildup on the surface!!! Pages: 1, 2 Alright, I've got a lot of excessive protien buildup or something (like slime) on the surface of all of my tanks... it's been like that for a long tim...	poisonwaffle	21	19-Dec-2005 18:40
Oh no…Bad Parameters… Okay, so last night I was at my LFS and saw a pack of the dipping test strips. This particular pack comes with 5 tests on each strip (NitrIte, NitrAt...	inlikefish	15	19-Dec-2005 09:59
Concerned about cloudy/foggy tank For the past week I have had a very white cloudy/foggy tank. I have a 42 gallon sparseley planted hex tank with an AquaClear 50 Power Filter. Tempe...	Mitchee	15	16-Dec-2005 19:47
algae bloom GRRRR I cant stop it from happening. Any time i dose the tank with ferts. should I stop adding ferts or should I just decrease them. Its the recome...	mrwizerd	4	14-Dec-2005 05:33

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