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by electromite
Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:05 pm
Forum: Fish Health & Treatment
Topic: Help please..Tank cycling with my 3 loaches and 1 pleco
Replies: 6
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Re: Help please..Tank cycling with my 3 loaches and 1 pleco

Great you are close! We went to Petsmart and bought a round bubbler stone and a long bubbler to put on back of tank for oxygen. I usually use the Freshwater Master Test kit where you add chemicals to water in test tube. It is old so I bought a dip test to compare the two. The ammonia is the same on ...
by electromite
Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:04 pm
Forum: Fish Health & Treatment
Topic: Help please..Tank cycling with my 3 loaches and 1 pleco
Replies: 6
Views: 8082

Re: Help please..Tank cycling with my 3 loaches and 1 pleco

Thanks for your reply. I live in Tampa,Fl. The sand seems light (got from pet smart aquarium sand) and we didn't wash it first which we didnt think of until after the fact. We did leave two of our old filters in the tank for about a week and a half. Water always treated with Prime and just added two...
by electromite
Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:39 pm
Forum: Fish Health & Treatment
Topic: Help please..Tank cycling with my 3 loaches and 1 pleco
Replies: 6
Views: 8082

Help please..Tank cycling with my 3 loaches and 1 pleco

Hi, I need help/advice I have 3 Clown Loaches and 1 Pleco, I've had them all for about 4 years now. Recently we moved them from a 35g tank to 75g. We did it to soon and now it seems the tank is cycling. It has been up for about 3 weeks now. The first week we put Safestart in and the second week we a...