Dangerdoll
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sharpie, did you get a test kit and check the parameters of the water yet? It will help so we can figure out what's going on with it.
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the tank is starting to clear up now that i added carbon to the big filter. today i am going to go to my lfs to pick up some supplies for my other fish. i am thinking of getting an "ammonia remover" pack for my second filter. i will look in to test kits while i am there.
I STILL DONT KNOW WHY MY AGE MATTERTS
I STILL DONT KNOW WHY MY AGE MATTERTS
Dangerdoll
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I think they wanted to know your age to see if you can get to the pet shop freely or if you needed a ride. Not a big deal.
Would suggest reading up on the fishless cycling thread and work from there, I would suggest that type of cycling as opposed to fishy cycling as fishy cycling promotes a lot of undue stress of the fish and more often than not, you'll end up with dead ones for sure. You don't want to remove the ammonia just yet if you are going to cycle the tank fishless, you'll see that by reading the fishless sticky. Be sure to get the test kit and work from there..
Would suggest reading up on the fishless cycling thread and work from there, I would suggest that type of cycling as opposed to fishy cycling as fishy cycling promotes a lot of undue stress of the fish and more often than not, you'll end up with dead ones for sure. You don't want to remove the ammonia just yet if you are going to cycle the tank fishless, you'll see that by reading the fishless sticky. Be sure to get the test kit and work from there..
hey sharpie, i was just curious so can explain it best depends on if you are an adult or a kid.
Anyway does the tank still smell?
Anyway does the tank still smell?
im an adult. the tank is starting to smell a lot better. i went down to the store today and purchased a small ammonia decreaser bag..(i know not to remove to much) for my smaller filter. it is not a bio wheel filter and the only things i have in there right now are a sponge and the ammmonia bag. i tried looking for the test kit like someone suggested , but they only had a jnumbo deluxe aquarium test kit and it was too much for my weekely fish budget. soon i will try a different store to see if they have the individual kits. would you guys reccomend STRIPS OR DROPS...also what should the ammonia levels be in a 30 gallon fresh water non-planted aquarium?
-thanks guys so much for all the help!
-sharpie :spam:
-thanks guys so much for all the help!
-sharpie :spam:
Dangerdoll
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"cleaned it out really good" might be the problem. Did you clean every single thing in the tank and add new water? That being the case, you're going to need to recycle it. You would have been better off leaving things as they were after you removed the fish, and for whatever you removed them for, worked from there. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that cleaning the tank completely makes the tank as if there were nothing ever in it before. So, you need to start from scratch. I'm still very puzzled as to how the ammonia smell came from the tank in the first place since you cleaned everything out as said, since ammonia doesn't just show up one day. It needs to be an introduced source. Since there are no fish in the tank, I'm frazzled. For now, you should probably try the ammonia/nitrate/nitrite test kits and buy the drops, not the strips. The strips aren't as reliable and I have found their shelf-life staggering (for lack of a better word).
As far as adding the ammonia bag instead of testing, I wouldn't have suggested an ammonia bag being placed in the tank, I would have suggested daily/weekly water changes according to your test kit but you didn't get the kit.... however, I still would have said don't waste your money on the bag since you are in the start of a cycle somehow so water changes are a must to get things stabilized and that's all it would've taken. The bag merely takes care of the problem short term when you've got something weird going on that needs to be addressed. It's kinda like spraying air-freshener in a smokey room. You can cover the smell, but you can't get rid of the source without a cleaning.
(sorry for the ramble)
As far as adding the ammonia bag instead of testing, I wouldn't have suggested an ammonia bag being placed in the tank, I would have suggested daily/weekly water changes according to your test kit but you didn't get the kit.... however, I still would have said don't waste your money on the bag since you are in the start of a cycle somehow so water changes are a must to get things stabilized and that's all it would've taken. The bag merely takes care of the problem short term when you've got something weird going on that needs to be addressed. It's kinda like spraying air-freshener in a smokey room. You can cover the smell, but you can't get rid of the source without a cleaning.
(sorry for the ramble)
What did you use to clean it? Could be part of the problem maybe?sharpie said:
The drops are the best. Those master test kits are really what you will need ultimately.
