Well it arrived today! 12 gallon tank, can not overdose, I added what it says for 20 gallon.
I also own Dr. Tim, aka tinyfish, aka that masked man, another thank-you. Not only did he send a bigger bottle than I purchased, but he also sent along his stress relief that is a declor & […]
I used a scoop to remove the eco-complete. Job not perfect, but I got down to using a rag to get the last parts, my thoughts was I wanted to get as much out, like rinsing the gravel to get the dirt out.. Did not have a wet dry vac, and did not […]
Couple of additional questions
1) you wrote you “removed the Eco-complete” can you explain that more. Was there still some in the tank? I reason I ask is that you are the second person in two days to mention eco-complete in a tank that had high ammonia even with One & Only.
I looked up […]
By in front of I meant closest to the outtake on the filter, after re-reading my post I thought it may sound confusing.
Amber
Amber Berglund wrote: > > On a side note I thought I would let people know that the 10 gallon kits > that walmart sells now have a little “bio” insert in […]
On a side note I thought I would let people know that the 10 gallon kits that walmart sells now have a little “bio” insert in front of the normal cartridge so that you can just remove the carbon and not hurt your beneficial bacteria residing on the 2nd cartridge (looks like […]
Your biological media should be placed after the mechanical media that removes debris from the water. Placing it before the mechanical media means that it will be also doing part of the job of that media, as well as the biological filtration, and thus need to be cleaned often. If you are using chemical filtration […]
Yes, the microscopic nitrifying bacteria live on all surface areas where there is a supply of oxygenated water. However, since all of the tank’s water flows through the filter system several times an hour, the overwhelming majority of the nitrifying bacteria will reside there since that’s where all the food is passing by on […]
When you say your “baseline tests were zero for ammonia at first then went up the next day”… was that for your tap water baseline? Did you add dechlor to the tap water immediately before testing or strictly rely on your Britta filter? My first thoughts would be that the Brita filter would […]
Gourami’s certainly can be aggressive to conspecifics and sometimes to other top level fish but are usually less aggressive to tank mates unless they are guarding a bubble nest. They also get quite large, around 6″ long, 2″+ tall, so do not plan on any other large fish in your tank or you could […]
Well.. I want to make sure that it’s zeolite and not the biomax that comes with AquaClear filters. Here’s the picture of BioMax… second picture down with the label “biological media” next to it, while it’s still new in the plastic bag. The 7th pic also shows the Biomax in the little nylon […]