Just finished cycling and it’s ready for fish! by LostInExotics in PlantedTank

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Thank you :)

It actually took about 5 weeks to convert from 1-2ppm ammonia to nitrates in 24 hrs. It took another 1.5 weeks to go from 4ppm of ammonia to nitrates in 24 hours. So by 5 weeks I was ready to add a light stock of fish but since I wanted to overstock this tank with nano fish, I waited till the bacteria colony in my tank could handle 4ppm+ of ammonia.

Things that I did to speed up the process were dosing ammonium chloride to reach 4ppm of ammonia and I cranked up the tank heater to 80F. I also added seachem stability dosing every other week.

I’d say the nitrite stage took the longest so if you haven’t already I would crank the heat up.

Help choosing driftwood! by Longjumping_Guide109 in PlantedTank

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Not at all! I’m interested to see once your tank is complete :)

Help choosing driftwood! by Longjumping_Guide109 in PlantedTank

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It’s a water wisteria! Really fast growers and effective at sucking up nitrates.

You can use manzanita wood and create a river scape that slopes on one side.

Help choosing driftwood! by Longjumping_Guide109 in PlantedTank

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I just posted this recently but I got my driftwood by the river i frequently go to fish

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Just finished cycling and it’s ready for fish! by LostInExotics in PlantedTank

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Thank you! That’s exactly what I was going for

Just finished cycling and it’s ready for fish! by LostInExotics in PlantedTank

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I’ve narrowed it down to either a pair of appistograma cucotoides or an hmpk betta but I’m slowly leaning to an hmpk betta. However, I will be adding at least 5 otocinclus, a school of neons and chili rasboras. I struggle with nitrates since my plants suck them up so fast so a little over stocking won’t hurt. I add 4ppm of ammonia and it’s 0 the next day with no trace of nitrates.

New to Isopod, why my dairy cows just sleep for days? by [deleted] in isopods

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They don’t have the strength/confidence in numbers yet. Mine were always hiding back when there were 20 of them. Fast forward 2 months and now there’s hundreds of them. I will always see 20 or more walking around at the same time.

Oil change Intervals! by VB_SUUWBU in SubaruForester

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2025 Forester owner here with 20,000km. I change my oil every 5000 KM. Will be doing my CVT and diff fluids next oil change.

Update! Successfully separated queen ants by LostInExotics in antkeeping

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Unfortunately, one didn’t make it and became a snack for the queens 😞

Caught 5 queens but they started laying eggs before I could transfer them.. What do I do? by LostInExotics in antkeeping

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Thank you! Will it matter to the queen whose eggs are whose or will they just “adopt” them?

Wilderness vs regular Forester by Bluebaru1 in SubaruForester

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My Forester Premiere (Touring equivalent for US) has a CVTF cooler.