For a 5 gallon aquarium with 5,000k fluorescent lighting, a power filter, heater, and a betta fish. Also, what substrate should I use? I want to do the pure water Aqua Terra sand. I have 2 other aquariums, but I’ve never had live plants in them so what are some of the basics of caring for them as well?
I just bought a 75 gallon aquarium to house my three cichlids. I have a convict, blood parrot, and a convict/blood parrot that are currently living in a 20 gallon. I was just wondering what filter would be the best for me to use. I will probably get either a power filter or a canister filter. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated. I don’t want to buy an expensive filter just to find out that it doesn’t do a good job. Thanks for any advice.
We set up a 33 gallon aquarium two months ago and filled it with tap water (Culligan softened and filtered). Let it filter for two weeks and cycled it with 3 Platties and 4 guppies. Two weeks later levels were nearly perfect and someone gifted us with three Mollies from another dealer. We didn’t want them (hadn’t planned on any new fish yet, and Mollies weren’t in our ultimate plans) but had no choice to accept and add them to tank.
Within three weeks two of the Mollies had died and all four guppies. Water tests all came back good and remaining 3 Platties and one Molly seem very active and healthy.
Finally had Ph tested digitally at fish store…9.0 or even a little higher! He was shocked…medium hardness. I’m sure this has to do with Culligan water softening methods (although in the beginning everyone told me it would be fine to use!!).
Now, should I slowly lower my tank Ph so that I can add some cory cats, Zebra danios, etc.? Or just buy more Platties and have a Platy tank as they can obviously adjust to the water parameters I have now?
I’m so confused!! (Another option is to buy neutral water from fish store and use that when I make water changes…tap water also measures 9.5 Ph).
I’m going to use tap water in a 3 gallon aquarium. The water conditioner says to use 1 teaspoon (5 mL) for every 10 gallons, but since it’s less than 10 gallons (3 gallons) I don’t know how much to use. So how much water conditioner should I use?
I have had a 25 gallon aquarium for two years and have had a lot of trouble maintaining PH levels. I change 10% of the water every week. I only have 3 platys and a water frog so there’s not a lot of waste. I regularly use a PH Neutral powder also and I siphen the rocks regularly too. Should I change 20% of the water instead of 10%?
I test water for nitrite, nitrate and amonia regularly and all those levels are safe.
I need serious help. I set up a 46 gallon aquarium at the beginning of June and can’t get it to cycle. Unfortunately, I have listened to advice from 3 different pet shops, and all 3 had different answers. I initially ran the aquarium for a week, then my local pet shop told me to add bacteria and 2 goldfish, which I did. Of course the ammonia climbed, as it should have, so next, 2 pet stores told me I had to perform frequent water changes, preferably some every day, which I did-about 2 gallons every morning, which kept the ammonia at about .5 ppm. Fish stressing from ammonia. I kept this up until a couple weeks ago. I had a Tetra Whisper filter and could not figure out how the bacteria filter would grow in that setup. The NEXT pet store told me the filter was no good, so I switched to an Aqua Pure three-stage filter which includes sponge material for the bacterial colony. They said my frequent water changes were keeping the aquarium from cycling and that I should stop it until cycling had occured. They also suggested I add Bio-zyme every day for a week, which I did per the instructions. They told me it would cycle the aquarium in a week. Nope, still no cycling occuring. Ammonia has been at 1.0 ppm for a week now and I am afraid I am going to lose both my fish. What the heck am I doing wrong?? Where should I go from here?
In response to the first answer-has the bacteria had long enough to grow, since I switched filters a week ago? Or does it exist on all surfaces, not just the filter?
