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A few fish for sale or good home
Started by Linda Logan. Last reply by Linda Logan Feb 2, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
I need to shut down my indoor system for a few months. I have 2 mature Shubunkin, 1 albino Hypostomus to clean the aquarium. There is another small fish living in the sump.I live in SE Portland and…Continue
Aquaponics system as filter for swimming pool
Started by John Wilson. Last reply by Wade J Rochelle Jan 25, 2019. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Hi all, we've just purchased a property with a large indoor swimming pool. Around 80,000L with a greenhouse roof and plenty of room around it for grow beds. However, this is far too big for us to…Continue
Not for human consumption!?
Started by Nichelle Hubley. Last reply by Nichelle Hubley Jun 30, 2015. 7 Replies 1 Like
Well, I think I messed up big time. I've been feeding my precious tilapia koi food (I like in a small place and it was all I could get... :( ) for about 2 months and last night I read on the back of…Continue
Help!! Help !!! with new filtration and set-up.
Started by Henrique Miguel. Last reply by Wayne Mcbryde May 14, 2015. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Hi,I have a set up of 2 55 gal blue barrel with Tilapia and guppies separate. I have young ones and they are growing well. Issue of overcrowding and feeding. 1. I would like to use a water…Continue
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Comment by TCLynx on January 25, 2012 at 8:02pm
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Then all sounds about normal, just add patience and keep testing till you see things change.
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Comment by Michael Welber on January 25, 2012 at 7:21pm
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I do have some plants in, yes. Mostly herbs and a few small seedlings. I plan to put in more tomorrow. And I stopped adding ammonia several days ago. This is fishless cycling.
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Do you have any plants in yet Michael? If no, time to start planting.
Are you dosing daily with ammonia or are you cycling with fish?
If you are fishless, I'll recommend you stop dosing and wait till you see the ammonia and nitrite start coming down a bit before you dose again and you probably can use smaller doses.
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Ah. Thank you so much. Clarifies everything. I just have to be patient and wait at least another week or two.
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Comment by Andrei Shindyapin on January 25, 2012 at 7:58am
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How high should the nitrates get? I'm still cycling my system and while the ammonia and nitrite are STILL not coming down, the nitrates have shot up to 40. I added more water to my fish tank this a.m. and cleaned out some dirt that that had gotten into the system but I'm concerned about the ammonia and nitrite numbers not coming down. Any suggestions?
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Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on January 22, 2012 at 8:53pm
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The reason for water changes is to protect the fish. Since you're fishless, you don't need to change it.
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With the ammonia up that high I might just suspect testing the water under different lighting conditions affecting you comparison of the chart to the water unless you have planted any seedlings that came in with a bit much dirt (and maybe fertilizer) that didn't get washed off very well. I've seen a nitrite spike before from planting store bought seedlings with way too much dirt into a small system so why not ammonia.
Hang in there for a few days and see what happens.
It is not uncommon to start getting nitrates long before the nitrite spike passes. The nitrite spike can sometimes last for a while but when it finally comes down it will probably do it fast and watch the pH carefully around that time because it is the first phase when a sudden pH drop could happen.
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Unless plumbers 5200 could be adding ammonia. Hope not.
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Thanks! The fish tank is actually a used hot tub (cleaned out and not in use for several years).
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