AAre you showing nitrites?
Donna
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> From: cahyman <cahyman@yahoo.com>
>To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 5:06 PM
>Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] New to group - a couple planted tank
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>Thank you for all the advice. This is my 2nd tank (and I'm itching for more)!!!!
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>I have one 5 gallon tank with 2 dwarf frogs in it. Unfortunately when I bought them, I was told they didn't need a filter or a heater, and to feed them fish food. I've since learned otherwise, but not sure I am getting the cycling thing down right. I added a filter and the tank always smells like dirt, really strong.
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>So I decided to try to do things the right way. I have no idea what plants I have in the new tank, but I will take a picture. I put the Eco Complete after reading about it online, some plants, and a CO2 thing where I add my own ingredients. It came with a diffuser that looks like a zig zag ladder. I too have found snails. I am not sure what I will do about them. I am planning on putting a Betta in that tank. I put ammonia in and thren wait for it to go to zero, then put more ammonia in. I am waiting for it to process the ammonia in 1 day. It seems to go from 2ppm to 0.25 in 1 day, but not the zero overnigt yet.
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>--- In tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com, Donna King <donnalynneking@...> wrote:
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>> http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Beginning_Fishkeeping Here is a great site on the nitrogen cycle. I love the "wiki way" myself. Larry is right Eco often will cycle your tank quite nicey with out any additives, just make sure to be testing so things stay safe.Â
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>> > From: Larry Blanchard <labl@...>
>> >To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
>> >Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:58 AM
>> >Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] New to group - a couple planted tank
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>> >On 08/25/2012 06:20 AM, cahyman wrote:
>> >> Hi everyone,
>> >> I just found this group. I am cycling a 6.6 gallon tank - the Petco bookshelf aquarium, following the instructions I found online. I bought this substrate called EcoComplete, and a couple plants.
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>> >Welcome to the group. Are you new to fishkeeping or is this just one
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>> >If you're really new, the main advice everyone will probably give is not
>> >to overstock, especially while cycling. Even afterwards, I'd limit that
>> >size tank to about 5" of fish, and that's the full grown size, not the
>> >size they are when you buy them.
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>> >One note on the cycling. With the Eco-Complete and the live plants, you
>> >may never see an ammonia spike. That's happened to me a couple of times.
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>> >Good luck.
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>> >Lary B
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>> >It's turtles, all the way down!
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