Learning a whole lot, thanks. Yeah I usually just replace the media as well which I believe is carbon. Juat tested the tank upstairs and well bot worth a sh**. Everything is all ove the place. Changing the water now(partial). Man this hobby is hard as hell.
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Learning a whole lot, thanks. Yeah I usually just replace the media as well which I believe is carbon. Juat tested the tank upstairs and well bot worth a sh**. Everything is all ove the place. Changing the water now(partial). Man this hobby is hard as hell.
Learning a whole lot, thanks. Yeah I usually just replace the media as well which I believe is carbon. Juat tested the tank upstairs and well bot worth a sh**. Everything is all ove the place. Changing the water now(partial). Man this hobby is hard as hell.
Once you get the hang of it it's pretty easy, you'll just have to do a bunch of reading along with trial and error. Would probably have been better to do before getting all these big tanks haha. But you're trying to learn so I applaud you. this site is a great, and the internet is an amazing resource. Lots of places to find all this info.
btw-carbon is separate from bio-media. Carbon isn't necessary, but a lot of people use it. The more important thing, is mechanical filtration (pads, sponges) and bio-media (where the bacteria live, usually ceramic or brown/plastic balls). The thing to remember, is to only rinse the bio-media a little bit when you clean the filter, in tank water.
btw-carbon is separate from bio-media. Carbon isn't necessary, but a lot of people use it. The more important thing, is mechanical filtration (pads, sponges) and bio-media (where the bacteria live, usually ceramic or brown/plastic balls). The thing to remember, is to only rinse the bio-media a little bit when you clean the filter, in tank water.
Yeah probably should have done a lot more research before getting Ahead of myself. Im a very impatient person lol. I sont know what these pads bring as media, I added aside from the media that comes with these pads the carvon since I can see that a whole lot people use them. I figured it couldnt hurt. As for the site, yeah its pretty cool, pretty much can find just about ahything in here. I’ll e reading for a while lol.
Too much too soon can cause heart brake... definitely make sure you understand the nitrogen cycle as that is the whole foundation this hobby is based upon. Your fish look nice best of luck in your journey.
I just went through this Video, great information. I will contact my local Fish Store and see if they are willing to sell me one of their used filters or something like that that I can throw inside my filtration.
Good afternoon guys, I have a quick question. I keep reading .25 to .50 ppm of Ammonia. Could this be part of the Nitrogen Cycle? I have gone over the cycle but I figured I asked.Everything else is good, no Nitrite or Nitrate. That is even after 25% water change. I tested the tap water and perhaps it might have a slight reading of ammonia.
A excellent tip I can give you is don't mess with your tank I know for some it can be like working on your favorite car in your garage but don't mess around with your filtration a lot or do 24/7 water changes or you will harm your fish or kill them or ruin the tank to the point where it takes months to recover. Just do your weekly water change feed the fish sit back and relax.
If you are reading strictly ammonia only i would say your tank may have never actually finfished cycling probably due to the water changes...
Best bet as mentioned is to get some established filter media from a healthy tank at the LFS or a friend and throw it into your tanks filters to let it kick start your filters beneficial bacteria, coz at this rate you may end up doing more harm than good...
Best bet as mentioned is to get some established filter media from a healthy tank at the LFS or a friend and throw it into your tanks filters to let it kick start your filters beneficial bacteria, coz at this rate you may end up doing more harm than good...
