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

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

Anoxic Filtration
would like to raise a topic for discussion here. I have been researching something and would like some opinions. What are your opinions on The Anoxic Filtration system? And could we all please stay calm and try and give logical and factual based

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

Filtration set-up
Some advice please : After reading some recent postings on filtration on the Forum, I have some doubts as to whether my installation is correctly done. The pond has been running since mid July, and I am experiencing problems with water clarity. There

Filtration question
Hi all I would just like all feedback possible regarding settlement chambers and sand filters. I know there's no right or wrong when the question arrises to install a settlement chamber or sand filter, but I would like feedback from the guys who ha

Hoe does filtration affect the ponds stocking levels?
This question was asked on another forum, i thought that i would ask the question here as well. Traditionally we know that one should have a 1000 Liters of pond water for every 66cm of fish. But this only takes into considuration water volume and not

Lighting, substrate, filtration for Planted Tank
Decided I needed to put some money into buying a decent light system if I want to keep my plants alive. Going to convert my 40 Breeder into a planted tank. I figured the deeper the tank, the better I can aquascap with driftwood and rocks. I need help

filtration
i have 2 cascade canister filters. the instructions say it works from the bottom up with coarse pad, then carbon, then floss pads. with the 1500 i have 4 media baskets. what is the correct setup? coarse filter media than carbon than ceramic rings ? where