Galabar Posted June 18, 2023 Author Share Posted June 18, 2023 (edited) What do you think (left reference, right tank water): That took about two weeks. Still waiting for nitrite to by processed: Edited June 18, 2023 by Galabar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 0 ammonia Nitrite is extremely high. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galabar Posted June 18, 2023 Author Share Posted June 18, 2023 (edited) I'm going to probably start adding some ammonia again until those nitrites are gone, let the ammonia go to zero again, and add some fish. 🙂 Edited June 18, 2023 by Galabar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galabar Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 (edited) Looks like nitrites are almost gone. Maybe one more day... Edited June 20, 2023 by Galabar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfish Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Getting there. I'm still looking for my free 55G on the want ads... 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galabar Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 (edited) I'm grabbing some ammonia tonight. I want to make sure that the tank can process it and show zero ammonia and nitrite quickly before adding fish. The following are: Reference 1ml in 5 gallons 1ml in 4 gallons 1ml in 2 gallons 2ml in 2 gallons I went with 10ml in the 55: Hopefully, when that gets back to zero, nitrites will also be at zero. Edited June 20, 2023 by Galabar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galabar Posted June 21, 2023 Author Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) It looks like this was processed quickly: Nitrites also hit zero: So, I think we are ready for fish. 🙂 Edited June 21, 2023 by Galabar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 10 minutes ago, Galabar said: It looks like this was processed quickly: You had no time to reconsider silver dollars! 😛😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galabar Posted June 21, 2023 Author Share Posted June 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, Lennie said: You had no time to reconsider silver dollars! 😛😄 Yup. "Well, that escalated quickly..." 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galabar Posted June 24, 2023 Author Share Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) It's actually kind of hard to find silver dollars. So, to start off, I got 10 buenos aires tetras, 4 otos, and 1 rubber lip pleco. After 12 hours, it looks like we have 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite: I' I've always wanted buenos aires tetras. 🙂 My lovely wife may have to live with diamond tetras as a replacement for the silver dollars. 🙂 Edited June 24, 2023 by Galabar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 On 6/24/2023 at 8:32 PM, Galabar said: It's actually kind of hard to find silver dollars. Kind of good news 😄 People used to buy them a lot due to having sort of piranha look, without considering their adult size and needs. Let's hope same goes for fish like bala sharks, iridescent shark, red tail catfish, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galabar Posted June 25, 2023 Author Share Posted June 25, 2023 (edited) Yeah, I agree. However, I still saw the bala sharks at petco and petsmart... 🙂 This may become the "Silver Fish" tank: buenos aires tetras red eye tetra diamond tetra Maybe round it out with black skirt and white skirt tetras? Any other ideas for the "Silver Fish" tank? 🙂 Edited June 25, 2023 by Galabar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 (edited) On 6/24/2023 at 7:49 PM, Galabar said: Any other ideas for the "Silver Fish" tank? silvertips (I know, I know, not silver), reticulated SAE, rummynose, congo tetra, bloodfin tetra, or emperor tetra. I found this, it seems like there's a plethora of hatchetfish: https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/features/silver-belles-for-your-aquarium/ Depending on your setup and temp, maybe some silver-ish trilineatus corydoras would do well. Edited June 25, 2023 by nabokovfan87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galabar Posted June 25, 2023 Author Share Posted June 25, 2023 (edited) We went out to take a look and the wife liked the firemouth cichlids... hmm... 😅 Actually, she really liked the little oscars, but I told her we'd probably need something like a 125 instead of or 55 for those... 😵💫 Edited June 25, 2023 by Galabar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted June 25, 2023 Share Posted June 25, 2023 On 6/25/2023 at 5:49 AM, Galabar said: Any other ideas for the "Silver Fish" tank? 🙂 Moonlight Gouramis ( Trichopodus microlepis ) maybe? beautiful iridescent silver color! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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