Guest Intermouse Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Hi, Tank is on its 9th day now. I will go through what I done from the 1st day and then give water readings to go with them. 21/08/05 Positioned tank and added ornaments which includes 3 live plants. Filled with Rainwater (see Pic of Tank below) http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/Intermouse/MyTank.jpg Added 40ml Stress Zyme (See Pic) http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/Int.../StressZyme.jpg I dont understand filters much but this is the one on the tank, It has an underwater pump drawing water into these. (see pic) Wool material on top Black sponge on bottom. These lay on top of Ceramic Noodles and Carbon. http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/Intermouse/Filter.jpg 22/08/05 PH 7.6 Ammonia 0.0-0.25 On this day added 10 Danios 1 Apple Snail 23/08/05 PH 7.4 Lost two Danios Now have eight. Ammonia 0.0-0.25 24/08/05 PH 7.5 Ammonia 0.0-0.25 25/08/05 PH 7.0 Ammonia 0.0 26/08/05 PH 6.8 Ammonia 0.0 27/08/05 PH 6.5 Ammonia 0.0 Added One Goldfish 28/08/05 PH 6.8 Ammonia 0.0-0.25 Done a 30% water change and added Declorinated Water and Water conditioner. Also added 1 Tsp Bicarb Soda and rechecked PH 7.2 Added My last two goldfish + 3 more Apple Snails and Four Mini Alga Eaters 1/2 inch long. ( Getting desperate for Ammonia lol ) 29/08/05 PH 7.2 Ammonia 0.0 Nitrites and Nitrates have also remained zero throughout. I bought a KH test kit and it is between 179 and 214 I feed the fish a mixture of Flake and Pellet food ( no veges yet ) Water temp is a constant 76-77 Hope this helps solve the mystery, My fish look happy, the water is crystal and I am at a loss because everything I have read on Koko's is not what is happening. Thanks Posted this also under Tank cycle 3 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimmy_396_jimmy Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 hmm........can you mention how big your tank is and gph of the filter? don't worry the ammonia will come (that's a cool looking filter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Intermouse Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Tank is 3ft and holds about 40g the filter does 950lt per hour 250G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DataGuru Posted August 30, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted August 30, 2005 For goldies, people usually recommend moving 10 times the gallons in the tank per hour. that'd be 400 gph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimmy_396_jimmy Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 yeah, so you need to jsut buy a HOB filter that at least is 150 gph plus your 250 gph to equal upto 400 gph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Intermouse Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 I just got another filter to help with the original. I now have 1550lt an hour. I also have an Ammonia alert disc and Ammonia is still zero. Question: Does the tank have to have Nitrites and nitrates or is it fine to have all these on zero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DataGuru Posted September 2, 2005 Regular Member Share Posted September 2, 2005 Check out the article on cycling linked at the top of this forum. Also, here's an article that I wrote recently. http://dataguru.org/misc/aquarium/cycling.html Just keep an eye on ammonia and you can use amquel or prime and partial water changes to keep it from getting toxic. and keep an eye out for nitrIte as it's the next toxic thing to show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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