Recent content by Gavin Grey

Sorry... I just got what was on sale because it wasn't looking so good. They look better now than when I got them, tho, so I'll just see how it plays out. Thanks!

I would think that the plant nutrients would easily get under the gravel.

Well, I have *some* live plants. 3 to be exact, but they are kinda big. There is a betta, a kuhlI loach, 4 neon tetrae, 3 small nehrite snails and 3 amano shrimp. How am I not cycled if the nitrites are zero? They were quite high and are consistently zero now. Am I confused about what the...

10 gallon. I didn't add any ammonia... the fish was a gift for Christmas and started a whole thing, so I had to do a fish-in cycle. I *expected* the nitrates to climb toward 20, but they seem to be just sitting there at < 1ppm. So, I can wait till I see high nitrates before I have to change the...

OK, it seems that my cycle is done, so now I have two questions... The ammonia and nitrites are now zero. Do I have to keep checking the ammonia, or is checking the nitrites good enough? How often? I've been watching my nitrates, and have been expecting them to slowly climb to around 10-15...

Ah, I see... I've never seen the two chamber kind. Mine is just a 10 gal tank, so I just got the smallest one they had.

So.... you stripped a stock frame that comes with the filter and covered it with polyester? Then... you put the filter in and put gravel behind it? Am I understanding this right?

I just have a generic Tetra HOB. I bet I could cram two in there. What's the use of the black foam filter? Is that to keep some bacteria when the white filter with the carbon is changed? Back in the good old days we didn't have none of this fancy-schmancy stuff.

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Are you saying that the only place the beneficial bacteria live is in the filter and that I can never change my filter? That doesn't seem right since the charcoal only works for a couple of weeks.

The pH is almost 8 coming from the tap, so I'll probably have to mess with it as long as I'm here. The good news is that the tap water is zero nitrites.

You could probably embed a big rock or something into the foam as you are making it.

20170208_183517 by Gavin Grey posted Feb 8, 2017 at 6:38 PM

Aren't these SUPER buoyant? Seems like you'd have to glue it down.

I'd love to see a picture EternalDancer!