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Sometimes, it takes the dust a few days to settle. In addition, tap water from some wells has dissolved gasses, which show up as small bubbles in the water and on the glass. By the time the aquarium i...
I have green water in my fresh water tank fish are ok tests are ok i am doing a 10% change every day.Never had this before the only diffrent thing i can think i have done is starting giving them fresh...
The most important part of maintenance is the water change. A 20% water change should be done at least once a month. Once every two weeks would be even better. When you do a water change, the new w...
If you use distilled or reverse osmosis water, use it for every other partial water change. That will reduce nitrates without eliminating the buffers needed to keep pH from going up and down. Just how...
... day for a few days, and see if anything changes. A large aquarium like the one you have will not change water parameters very quickly, especially since it's not over crowded. Make sure you feed ...
I'm a fan of the bigger water changes...
But that being said... I'm always trying to get the water crytal clear... to induce breeding... and my fry tanks are overstocked... So I have to d...
yeah still spending a lot of time at top of tank,should the filter be just at top of water level so it produces bubbles on water surface,or is it better below water surface?
hmm I would recommend changing water slowly, because some fish are sensitive to abrupt water change
I have been using aqueon water conditioner to remove chlorine etc from my tap water for my weekly water changes, but I noticed in a few of John's posts he likes to just use a stress coat instead....
Most tap water is fairly hard, but most aquarium fish are able to adapt. You can gradually reduce hardness by using distilled or reverse osmosis water for every other water change. It's not a goo...
You can buy a powerhead to agitate the water and make it cooler. You can also try lowering your a/c a few degrees. I live in FL and it gets really hot here. You may want to move your aquarium to a ...
Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining as my water readings on my ammonia and nitrite have been a consistent 0 every reading, and my nitrate readings are always between 5 & 10, The reason I...
Nitrate is usually above zero, but so long as nitrite and ammonia are zero, you should probably leave water chemistry alone. If you try too hard to adjust other water parameters, it's easy to mak...
Most serious aquarists recommend testing water for several parameters on a consistent basis. Most also use the chemistry set with reagents and tubes and charts and great precision. It's tough to ...
Tap water is usually treated with chlorine to remove toxins. Of course, chlorine is toxic to fish, so we aquarists use a chemical to neutralize the chlorine. For decades, the so called dechlorinators ...
Some time back, I expressed the following opinion about water testing:
"Most serious aquarists recommend testing water for several parameters on a consistent basis. Most also use the chemistry...
Some live, floating plants will give the fry good hiding places, and floating plants like hornwort and water sprite remove ammonia, as do beneficial bacteria.
The big deal about partial water chang...
Yes, I would do a 50% water change and vacuum, then test the nitrAte levels after an hour or two. If it is still high, you can do another water change the next day, or even that same day a while late...
I AM STILL NOT GETTING LOW PH AND HARD WATER.THE WEBSITES I HAVE READ ON SAYS LOW PH SOFT WATER AND THAT IF YOUR WATER IS TO HARD THAT YOUR PH IS HARD TO RAISE ALSO. I AM SCRATCHING MY HEAD ON THIS ON...
why do i have cloudy water in my tank
...;s just one more reason to complete the nitrogen cycle before adding fish or invertebrates. For now, the water changes will just slow the cycling process. After cycling, the beneficial bacteria will b...
Let's hope you don't see any more of the mysterious white things. With regard to the water change problem, maybe you could put the fry in a jar full of water from the hex aquarium, do a 20 p...
I am looking into starting my first salt-water tank...55gal, and have no idea where to start. If any of you could pass on some advice, it would be appreciated!!!!
... readings
Nitrite 0.5
Nitrate 0
Ammonia 2.0
Do these mean my tank has cycled?? I change my water (25%) weekely and that is due tomorrow (Saturday)
I have been vaccuming my gravel wit...
CELSIUS??? HOLY CRAP! I hope you meant F . And never use water to lower the temp, you can shock your fish to death, it is easier on them if you just turn the heater down a few degrees every few ho...
water coditioner
how do you set up a salt water aquarium
... these forums for a long time to come.
by the way for the prople that answered my first post about my water being cloudy after adding the sand im happy to report that my water is now crystal clear ...
...she had little fry. they are about a week old now and seem to be doing good. my question is in the green water that you can make, is it the little hair like things thats swimming around that the fry a...
... the day and expel it in the dark so pH tends to go up and down depending on the buffering agents in the water. I don't remember all of the different chemical reactions that happen, but they do. ...
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