Search results

Which state are we talking about? Back when I was in SEQ I knew of quite a few who kept their fish outside, but of course even SEQ is still cooler than say FNQ, NT, etc. So yeah, which state?

I had a bunch of marine fish food left over so I fed them that for a long while, then now swapped to New Life Spectrum UltraRed regular pellets.

1. Yes. 2. Either/or works. I tend to put substrate in first, just to make sure I did not add too much water. But yes, cycling is the same either way.

Up to you. Right now for said size cichlids I am feeding them four times a day.

Using established biomedia, as with other methods of adding nitrifiers ('beneficial bacteria'), does not guarantee significantly improving the cycling process. There are a lot of other factors in play. First and most common is differences in parameters, specifically pH. If there are significant...

I have always gotten all my fish to feed on whatever food I want to feed them, whether pellets or otherwise. All I do is keep on feeding them the same food over and over again without any other food. Eventually they'll starve enough that they have to eat whatever they can get their mouths on...

Oh right gotcha xD

+1 to 2 and 5, not that it matters since you already chose 2 lol. But yeah, I like how the wood sticks up like that. Given your name... are you planning to keep cichlids in there?

Do you have a pic? Turning black can be pretty natural for convicts, but a pic would be a better tell.

If you can keep them alive, real plants. If you can't, fake plants. In this case, fake plants is probably the better choice. Yes live plants help filter the water, etc., but if you can't keep them alive they'd do nothing more than add detritus to the tank, while the release of nutrients can...

If to top off evaporation, fresh water. If for water changes, brackish water.

So I will give you a few levels on information to help you decide. So first off, if you are planning to move everything over then that’s the best option. Move it all at once (including and especially your old biomedia), including your shrimps. It will be more or less an instant cycle of your...

I want to check on something first - are you basically upgrading from the 5.5 gal to 18 gal? Or are these two concurrent tanks and you are just planning to move some of your shrimp colony over to the 18 gal?

Generally I replace between 20 to 100% of the water. With my current ten gal I replace about 20% every two months or so. However, it is a planted tank, so there's that.

As in like, soil from the garden, in a sock, in the tank?

I have always cycled faster with than without. Which is expected, given the headstart. I mean fastest I cycled with bacteria was instant, so it can be a big difference. Yes. I worked in a fish store and have seen all manners of different lengths of cycling. Yes including six months, from...

To firstly clarify, the bacteria does not form from just dosing ammonia, they do have to come from somewhere first. With that said, they will eventually arrive in the tank from sources like tap water, but it will take time and is entirely up to chance. That is why without purposely introducing...

This is normal clownfish behaviour. They like to swim against something, including agains the glass. You will also find them hovering near the surface, sleep in corners in all directions (including upside down). Clowns are some of the weirdest fish out there, at least from our perspective.

Definitely stop dosing ammonia. All you are doing is produce far more nitrite than is helpful, and is slowing down your cycle. The more nitrite there are, the more nitrite-oxidizers have to grow, and probably to unnecessary population sizes to deal with all that nitrite (more than what would be...

It is untrue that one should not be dosing ammonia when cycling a planted tank. That's a common misconception that unfortunately keeps on being spread around very often. It is important though, to not dose ammonia when ammonia is already high, sure that is true, but that is also true regardless...