ammonia spikes

Guys, I am having a 75gallon tank with 2 eheim 2217 filters, only one albino silver aro '12inches' is present in it, the tank was cycled and had only nitrates at 20-30ppm range earlier. I didnt clean the eheim filters for almost 6 months and now even after cleaning and rinsing the media in both...

I have a 75 gallon bowfront. I currently have a LMB about 4”, a 5-6” peacock bass, and a 2” bluegill all from a breeder. I cycled the tank for alittle over a month with a HOB 75 gallon aqueon quietflow and a HOB 40 gallon filter at the same time. Gravel, some rocks and a mix of fake plants and I...

Hi all I am looking for some advice. I have purchased a trimac and his fins all have area's missing from what I assume is some sort of rot, also his colour is way off I know he has just moved in to a new tank so he's bound to be stressed which is expected but he has brightened up a lot but still...

So I did a big no no..I decided I wanted to go to a bare bottom tank and removed all my gravel. I had plants and driftwood and replaced my 2 filters. Well I apparently got rid of a lot of my good bacteria because I had a bacteria bloom and the water got really cloudy. I did a 50% water change...

Hi Sorry for starting I new thread but I thought I should test my water after I did a 50% wc and canister filter clean. So my nitrates are down, good means I need to change more water. Unfortantalty, I'm getting between 0.5-1ppm ammonia. I had my canister filter not running for around 30mins...

Take a look at this, just tested my tap water. Registering at 1 ppm after I waited the 5 minutes! WHAT THE HELL! I'm in Clairemont, 92117. Anyone in san diego should test their taps right now. Didn't notice this for at least a week, oh ****! My fiance over by the 15 and 52 has a new betta tank...