Absolutely. Once you have your filters running and the tank clear, you will need to cycle the tank. This can be done easily by adding flake food daily to the tank as a food source for bacteria, or by adding straight ammonia to the tank every day… It will take 3-4 […]
I made it already the things that I used were as followed 1. storage bin (any size you wish to use). 2. river rocks as a form of filtration media 3. all purpose sand as a form of filtration media 4. material used to provide shade for outdoor patios as a form of filtration […]
What is the name of the “next town over”? I’m sure a Google of that town name and “tropical fish” would disclose the name/location of the hatchery…. presuming they do business over the net.
As far as your water, if you are going to use the completely filtered water, you should probably add a supplement […]
Kim,
If it happened after new fish added they probably were diseased. Immediately add salt as pure as possible at 1 lb per 100 gallons over 1 or 2 days. That might help save some of the fish.
Edgar
On Jul 2, 2008, at 3:19 AM, kimlx90 wrote:
> Thankyou for the reply. The […]
Hello all,
I’m new to the group, but have kept koi for over 20 years without many problems. My pond is approx 1000 gallons filtered with an Oase Biosys 3 system. The pond is stocked with 10 koi varying from 7-14″in length. The pond also contains a water lilly but no other plants (apart from a […]
Kelly, what kind of filter is on the tank? Assuming it is filtered and that the media has been left untouched, you should be somewhere in the middle of the cycling process. Being such a small tank, I would suggest keeping the levels safe by way of water changes, the filter will […]
This is a situation where cartridge filers are real nice. You can get cartridges of varying porosity to filter out what you want. For instance, you could get a filter rated at 3 microns and everything 3 microns and larger will be filtered out (and eventually, smaller than 3 microns as the filter clogs).
Now, I […]
Ray, thanks for your informative post on the subject of my unfiltered water tests. It’s good to know that I have options. Currently I am only keeping fish, not breeding. I have 3 tanks, a 90 gal, 20L gal and 10 gal… I do weekly 25% PWC on the 90 and twice a week 25% PWC […]
Jimmy, It might be noticed that when I see Lenny and \Steve// responding to questions, I often refrain from replying unless I have something material to add to the existing replies, when I know the matter is adequately being taken care of. Such has been the case in your […]
Thanks for the response, I tested the unfiltered water using an API Liquid test. The pH was 6.0 minus. It is the lowest on the color chart so I don’t know for sure how acid it is. The KH is less than 1, the GH is 2 dKH. I’ll test it again in 24 and 48 hours.
Jimmy McHaney Husser, […]