doing tests on my tank right now

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well as soon as my grandfather gets home im going to do a waterchange. they told me they have to be home in order for me to do stuff like that. dont know why but ya.
 
Chrisplosion;4548913;4548913 said:
Less gravel means less weight which means fill your tank up if you can. I would keep checking the ammonia since you removed the gravel which holds a lot of bacteria so you might get an ammonia spike.
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:iagree: You didn't have enough filtration to begin with. Taking out a source of bio filtration when you didn't have much in the first place will probably make things worse.
 
Chrisplosion;4548913; said:
Less gravel means less weight which means fill your tank up if you can. I would keep checking the ammonia since you removed the gravel which holds a lot of bacteria so you might get an ammonia spike.
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will do
 
jcardona1;4548919; said:
:iagree: You didn't have enough filtration to begin with. Taking out a source of bio filtration when you didn't have much in the first place will probably make things worse.
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eheim 2260 isnt enough filteration for a 112 ( well 110 ) ?
 
livebearerfreak;4548923;4548923 said:
eheim 2260 isnt enough filteration for a 112 ( well 110 ) ?
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Not if you're seeing ammonia. Unless you did something to wipe out your bacteria colony, causing the tank to go through a mini-cycle.
 
livebearerfreak;4548926;4548926 said:
hmm reason i think im seeing ammonia is from lack of waterchange.
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NO. a working bio filter will keep ammonia in check. Lack of water changes would see a spike in nitrAte levels
 
well gunna clean the eheim tonight or tomm. and add my 2 HOB filter pads to it for now, tell i run to the lfs. will that work for bio tell im able to get some actual decent bio pads?
 
livebearerfreak;4548926; said:
hmm reason i think im seeing ammonia is from lack of waterchange.
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Not removing excess waste might be. I still say if you can get another person to stand next to you by the tank then its ok to fill it up all the way.
 
livebearerfreak;4548935; said:
well gunna clean the eheim tonight or tomm. and add my 2 HOB filter pads to it for now, tell i run to the lfs. will that work for bio tell im able to get some actual decent bio pads?
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If you are gonna clean it then do it with tank water otherwise your killing even more of your bacteria.
 
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