Phantom240

sounds like quite the jerk

Or you can leave it be, and let the current in the tank carry it to a new spot to thrive. Wild jungle tanks can be fun too!

I curse duckweed and the clown that created it. Took over two of my tanks when it hitchhiked on some plants I bought. One tank is certified duckweed free after a long battle, and the second I've literally torn the tank apart, cleaned every plant, and yet still I find a random leaf on the surface, mocking me.

Oh I've been making parodies of my sharona for at least a year now lol

BBA is actually a red algae, it just appears black because of the concentration of pigments it possesses. When it dies, it turns red, then pink.

I wonder if I can turn my old 45 gallon bowfront into a waterfall themed paludarium once I get the stock transferred over to my 55 gallon.... So far the only symptoms I have are headache, a slight cough, and some minor fatigue. My girlfriend has fever, fatigue, cough, body aches.

Oh man, I have family up in alaska that makes the BEST smoked salmon I've ever had. I practically beg my dad to get his uncle to ship us a box like every year.

Pretty much as the title states, lol. I plan on setting up my 55 gallon, but aside from that, it sounds like I'll be bored as can be for the next 10 days.

Rolled with veggies, rice and nori. Also, I'll just sit on the couch and watch them like a creeper after work (timer comes on around noon, shuts off at 10pm).

Oh yes, that definitely looks like a diatom bloom honestly. Also some deficiencies, but definitely diatoms.

Not gonna lie, that yellow bladder snail looks pretty awesome

@Daniel we need those, lol. Pics of people literally in their aquariums to maintain them are always hilarious.

Looking at the pics of your plants, it looks to me like your anubias is suffering from a potential deficiency of iron or magnesium causing foliage to yellow while the veins remain green. The brown gunk could just be mulm, or with the age of your tank, more than likely a brown diatom bloom which is normal in the early stages of an aquarium's life. I forgot if you mentioned in your other post, but what light are you using?

Shirtless, with a stool and a snorkel if ya got to. At least, that's how I've attacked maintenance on tall tanks with tall stands and my not so tall body.

Lol I’ve heard many stories of yeast co2 kits filling tanks with cloudy yeast, and they never get old.

Oh and after a bit of time with the light on, this is what my soda water oxygen bubbles do… accumulate on the intake prefilter, and eventually get sucked into my filter lol

It's a ZooMed Nano 10. Definitely a bit of a chore to maintain due to its size and peculiar, ass-backward flow, but it keeps things nice and tidy. https://zoomed.com/nano-10-external-canister-filter/

Good luck! And keep us posted on the results!

I would find that to be really unlikely. If you're dropping ammonia and producing nitrite, there's no really any way for it to convert back to ammonia. I know you added snails to combat algae, but what I would do in this situation is to remove the snails, stop fertilizing, and monitor the water daily, and add ammonia to 2ppm once it reaches zero. This will remove all variables and allow you to verify that the tank is or is not processing waste. Your plants will process some of the ammonia, so don't worry. So long as your tank is getting rid of ammonia and nitrite, its good. Doesn't matter if its bacterial or from the plants.

I also use eco complete, so I can say that in my experiences, it does not leach ammonia, nor does it seem even possible given its makeup.

Super helpful info! So you did a 75% change, which should have brought it down to 1ppm, but you said it read 2ppm, which leads me to believe that something is leaching ammonia into the water column. Furthermore, you said it's creeping back up, so obviously there's something wrong in this equation, as this is a fishless cycle and I assume there's no snails either. You have plants in that tank, yes? So they should be processing some of that ammonia as well, so long as there's sufficient other nutrients and light. I think we need to figure out why your ammonia is creeping up even though you're not adding any to the tank. Once that problem is solved, I think you'll find that the cycle is actually working, since you're reading nitrates. Did you ever at any point read nitrite?

Alright let's start with some basics. You obviously know how to fishless cycle, which is great. But what are you using for your ammonia source, and how are you calculating how much is going into the water column? If you're using remineralized RO, then it's safe to assume that you're not using any dechlorinators and such that can throw off your water parameter readings. Are you certain that there's nothing in your tank or your filter which has been treated with antimicrobial chemicals? I'm definitely not the expert on microbiology, but if I recall correctly, most fishless cycles are supposed to be dosed up to 2ppm ammonia, and I think I recall that at higher concentrations, it could actually hinder the bacteria. I'd recommend a 50% water change, and not feeding the tank further until ammonia starts to drop.

You da best, @Fish Folk @Mmiller2001. NERMhole, here I come!

I need to dose one of my small tanks with Easy Green, since I don't currently have potassium nitrate to dose with. I know Easy Green has an NPK ratio of 2.66 - 0.46 - 9.21, but I'm having a major brain fart in trying to figure out how much I need to dose to reach at least a minimum of 10ppm nitrate in my 5 gallon desktop aquarium. I know the math is out there to convert it all, but I can't brain today. Does anyone know how many ppm of nitrate the standard dose (1ml per 10gal) adds to the water column?

Think I figured out my dwarf sag melting issue... Nitrates have completely bottomed out.