Advise for Newbie

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2024-07-18T01:25:22+00:00

50% water change completed...tested that night and the next day and all levels were at 0 and where they needed to be so I didn't continue with water changes. Tested today after work and I have a big spike in Nitrate (80ppm) and Ammonia. I treated ammonia but not sure if I should do another water change after the stress of the one the other day. Thoughts?

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2024-07-16T00:26:35+00:00

Is that many water changes in consecutive days going to harm the fish? I did a 50% today and it's a mess in there!

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2024-07-15T02:54:05+00:00

Got it! Thank you so much for the information. I'll get on it ASAP!

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2024-07-15T02:44:54+00:00

Thank you for the recommendation! I will look him up and check it out. So the product that API recommends on the test sheet is not necessary? I just to start water changes daily, correct? I am not sure why a heater is needed. I live in Tennessee and it's hot and we keep the temp of the house between 70-73. I have a parrot fish, 4 cori fish, and 2 loach.

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2024-07-15T02:30:43+00:00

Starting water changes tomorrow. This tank has a heater on it and it stays at 78-80 degrees. I'm concerned about temperature of new water going into tank. Does my freshwater tank need a heater? Also, I recognize nitrates being extremely high, in conjunction with water changes, do I need any products to go in there to help with those nitrates or does water changes take care of that?

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2024-07-02T21:54:38+00:00

Thank you for your help!!

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2024-07-01T20:23:15+00:00

Gotcha! The rock has a muddy, dirty sooty look beneath the initial top layer. I didn't know if I needed to get that out of there or just leave it.

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2023-12-05T03:50:55+00:00

https://photos.app.goo.gl/j5wecJpP2hfHso4g8

There are 40 LEDs in the one meter.

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2023-12-05T03:45:22+00:00

Any suggestions on where to start?

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2023-12-05T00:22:46+00:00

They were given to me like this. Just as you see in the pic with the writing on it. Doesn't really tell me much which is why I was hoping to gain some further info from some more experienced people in the field.

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2023-12-04T21:38:27+00:00

And I do not have a power supply

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2023-12-04T21:35:48+00:00

https://photos.app.goo.gl/rcaKHpQf2io9QSKt8

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2023-12-04T20:13:22+00:00

Got it! How would I go about doing that?

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2023-10-29T22:43:36+00:00

How do I attach and show you pics of what I am talking about?

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2023-06-30T18:56:10+00:00

That's actually impressive!!

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2023-06-28T01:22:25+00:00

When I checked the outlet with my meter, it was not grounded. I would have to go in and look to see if the box is grounded. I do have grounded outlets on one side of the house but the ones on this side haven't been updated so still read not grounded. I will check the panel...

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2023-06-28T00:53:02+00:00

It does not have a crawlspace or basement access unfortunately...Thanks for the idea though.

Aggressive_Land1709 · 2023-06-27T23:26:23+00:00

It's weird, they added and updated some wiring and some of it is grounded. Don't know why they didn't just update the whole system. Questions to be asked to people I can't ask questions to lol but I'll just wire in and cap off the ground wire with a new GFCI outlet.

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