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Thanks for the cycling info. Wish I had stuck with that longer. Sorry I don't have a kit that could provide kh, gh, or tds. I may try to get one but kits with that capability seem expensive. As for whats going on I think I saw my BGK not moving again for a moment. Until today it had been some 48 hou...

I attempted to keep it at 5ppm...i added a dash of ammonia like 3 times. I stopped because it got into my head that if I kept adding ammonia the cycle would never end. Your theory sounds very likely. Its possible my plants are removing the nitrogen but I will say I only have 2 big ones and one is pr...

I can assure you I'm not mixing up the tests. Nirtrites are blue on the api test and it matches. I say .5-1 nitrates as an estimate. Its not a pure yellow so I assume some nitrates must be in there. Here is what I can tell you about the fishless cycling. Had tank, filter, and 2 plants (one is ulva s...

So I have quite a few issues here. In the last week I've lost 2 clown loachs. Both struggled to swim as their first symptom. They had a "twitch" like motion to force themselves to swim at times. Later they just stopped swimming almost and eventually just lay on their side and died (always had rapid ...