Fishless cycle question: filter setup
Hi Folks, I'm just about to start my fishless cycle...drumroll please... My Juwel compact bio-filter is fitted with fine, coarse, nitrax, poly-pad and carbon filters. Can you tell me if I should leave it complete or maybe remove the carbon?

Fishless cycle using raw shrimp question.
Last monday i started my fishless cycle using shrimp. The amonia level jumped up to the 4.0-8.0 range 2 days ago and hasnt changed. Reason i say 4.0-8.0 the color on the amonia test card is so close its hard to tell. My question is when do i remove th

Making brackish water for the cheap and lazy.
Thought I'd share my lazy method of brackish water. I've been using it on Diamondback Terrapins for a while now and have been making out just fine. Basically I use one and a half cups of salt (12oz) per ten gallons of water. This normally (if I

fishless cycle your opinion
I want to know what you think about fishless cycling compared to the other options available? Do you think there is a easier or quicker method to cycle your tank? and is it true this method can take months if done exactly as instructed? i am a bit

Any Brackish Tank Keepers?
Most likely will be purchasing a tank soon and included with it are a couple of bumblebee gobys. As cute as those little buggers are I'd prefer they go to a home where they can be in brackish. And yes I know they can live in fresh, they are now, but they

Fishless Cycling
I have recently purchased a 64 litre fishtank and after a lot of research have decided that the best way to set up my tank is to do a fishless cycle. The only problem i am having is understanding how to carry out the fishless cycle. How much ammonia am i

Fishless or Fish-in cycling.
I admit, I'm a big proponent of cycling a tank with fish. I too admit, I've not tried fish-less cycling. One member on here just asked me if I had tried fish-less and I responded in this manner: No I haven't because: 1. I'm a bit too impatient and 2.

Fishless cycle
I've just read Diana's article about this. Why the need to take out 80% of the water that you've spent weeks getting just right?

cold fishless cycle
This is probably another daft question, but is there any difference between doing the fishless cycle for coldwater fish or tropicals? I've got my ammonia, I have some muck from my established filter, do I need to do anything else?

fishless cycling and water hardness.
OK, I am sick of not having fish swimming in my 350g. I have lost patience and really don't know how long it's going to take to bring the hardness down from my concrete backgrounds. So I'm soliciting advise as to whether anybody thinks this will

Fishless Cycling a New Tank (submitted by: Mark preacherboy)
Since I started keeping African Cichlids in October 2006, I have discovered the advantages of the fishless cycle over using "dither fish," or "seeded filters." Using the fishless cycle method over using dither fish and/or seeded

Guppies and Mollies - brackish?
i've got 5 orange mollies, and about 12(10female 2 male) guppies in 1.004 salinity... good or bad? up or down? the intrawebz is divided on the subject also this is a 20gallon long with lots of fake plants and a couple bricks

"Brackish" snowflake eel question..
Hey all, i have a question... People know me as the fish guy in my parts so I get a lot of random people hitting me up on facebook as a friend of a friend who heard about me. I had a guy hit me up yesterday about a "brackish" snowflake eel.

Tall Brackish Plants? Help!
On setting the GSP tank, the tank is quite tall and a bit sparse, any ideas on plants, this will be a brackish tank. Modaz - if you see this those Giant Javas, how much were they and alright if attach to porous bits of rock? Idea as well was to get

Substrate for Brackish Tank?
I have a couple of green spotted puffers (young). I have been acclimating them to brackish water. They are doing great. I would like to change the gravel out as I have read that they should be kept on crushed coral.... I have also read that crushed