Good advice! I wish when I bought my 1st tank 25 years ago I wish I could have seen this video. Way before you tube. I bought a 55 gallon tank and 55 fish. You know the 1 per gallon crap we used to believe. Nobody at Petsmart explained the cycle to me. I set the tank up that night and the next morning I added the fish. Needless to say it didn’t go well. It was total carnage! Crazy thing is the 1st fish I bought was a moonlight Gourami. He grew to 6 inches and ended up surviving and living over 10 years! Tough fish to survive my stupidity!
I am following your advice down to every detail. Immediately after the first water change and addition of chemicals I saw my fish become much more calm and at ease. Hopefully all will be well in a few days thank you!
5:46 Safe can treat more gallons, but Prime can detoxify heavy Metals and trigger a healthy slime coat. So if you have heavy water prime is slightly better. Great video!
I set a new tank and I added fish to it before the cycle is done. I also added a "equasafe" product. After 2 days the water got cloudy. If I add useful bacteria, will it help? Thank you.
Thank you for the information, I just got a 10 gallon planted tank for my betta. I have two others and I never cycled them I just put "stress coat" in the water let the tank cycle for only a day and put the fish in no problems. (I did not know the proper process then) With this tank I put "stress coat" in every gallon of water I put in the tank. I then put prime and stability into the tank. First day perfect no problems second the same but the third I woke up and he's left fin only was clamped on his body and had a little a bit of red in it almost like he popped a blood vessel. he's been a little lethargic just sitting around. I checked the ammonia levels and it was between a 1 and a 2. Any ideas why this happened to this tank but not my other tanks. (sorry for the long message)
thank you once again izabella great information amazing aquariums and great advice once again over the years you have come a long way !! did you end up reading my in a nutshell life experience that you wanted to hear from your video sleep vivid dream vlog
What do you do when you get now gold fish in your fish tank and you sail heve amomoa in your fish tank now I got no fish in my fish tank and I sail have amomoa in my tank
I’ve been battling ammonia and nitrites for 5 months now. I have a betta which was my first then later added a mystery snail because I was getting algae growth, in hope’s my mystery snail would eat but not much. Then I added 3 red Corys and a nerite snail in the 10 gl and still high ammonia. My betta got pop eye, swollen mouth and a bump on its head. I started to cycle another tank and put them all in it because levels were low and after a week ammonia and nitrites were up, in the mean time my older tank was still cycling and levels were 0 I put them back only to have a ammonia spike again. So I’m on my third day of changing 10% water changes. I believe my problem is I’m still feeding them too much. My mystery snail has to eat. So today is the first day of no feeding. I’ve been using treated water, plus stability, seed and ammonia block. I do have a few plants but I lost all plants. It’s been a nightmare and very costly as I took my fish to the emergency vet. I’m going to separate the betta and place him in his own tank once it’s cycled. They all seem healthy including my betta after a couple of weeks of methylene blue treatments 2x a day for 20 minutes, all due to poor water quality. I’m new to this and I couldn’t imagine having a bigger tank. I’m ready to hang up the towel. But after listening to your video I will take those tips and apply them. Thank you. By the way my nitrates are at 20 ppm, and doing frequent water changes my tank mates seem ok.
Hi , I’m doing a fish in cycle ( cause I have no other option at the moment ) , I’ve put my giant female blackmoor in her new tank , that is onky 3 days old , ammonia today is at 1 per million , yesterday nitrates were pretty high but got down and nitrates were showing up . I’am using sponge filter from one of my other tank , that’s a 3 years old sponge filter from a perfectly established tank , so full of beneficial bacteria, still the ammonia today builded up probably cause I made the mistake to feed her yesterday .I’m using prime , I had no idea there was a powder version of it that worked better . So my question is , you reckon it’s too late to order safe via Amazon ? Cause it will take some days to arrive , is prime not good enough ? I thought prime was a good way to detoxify the ammonia but now I have the doubt that it’s not good enough . I may try to see if some shops has “safe “ ? Gosh I’m confused now ... what can I do ? Harriet the blackmoor acts normal . No issues at all , she’s pretty huge , still I’m worried , I’ve had her for 3 years and surely I don’t wanna lose her . Later I’ll put some other dirt from another filter of another tank ( I have 3 cycled tanks beside this new one ) .
First time watching one of your videos. Excellent information, straight forward right to the point. Keep up the good work. Going to use your recommendations to try and solve my recurring ammonia problem. I also have water that keeps dropping in ph for unknown reasons. Any ideas I have a 10 gallon freshwater tank with three small angel fish and four small zebra fish? I do frequent water changes, do not overfeed and change the filter when needed.
I would imagine it’s over stocking. For zebra fish, you want to usually have 2 gal per fish, and then angel fish are notorious for needing space. Especially vertical. It’s possible your fish are creating more ammonia than the filter can handle. Also, just a tip, for some reason zebra fish like odd numbers. Schools of 5,7, or 9. It for some reason allows them to build a better social hierarchy.. if you find they are being aggressive with each other, perhaps move them to a tank with more room and add a tank mate or 3.
I have 3 goldfish in a 3.5 gallon fish tank. I'm completely new to having fish and the person at the pet store told me nothing about how to care for them and I'm at a loss of what to do. I bought Aqua Safe, and quick start and put those in before adding the fish to the tank. I bought the tank and added them the same day. Mmm
Definately plan on getting a way bigger tank or a pond for those goldfish if you do plan on keeping them if you haven’t learned by now how much space they actually need i would suggest watching a few fish channels and watch as many videos as you can for a 3.5 may i suggest a betta or turn it into a shrimp tank. good luck on ur adventures/many disasters of fish keeping
Hi I am from India and need some advice Its been 5 days since I started my tank cycle process. Just have about 8 small african jewels in there. Is it ok for me to add new 50 cichlids in a day or 2? I have a 85 gallon aquarium and have been dozing it with Prime and stability since the cycling started
They can be fine for a week without food, but wouldn't recommend in only serious cases. They have this storage kinda method, however after 5 days they start to starve. It's the only way some fish manage to survive the packaging and delivery process from other countries.
I’m here because my new fish died … but the the person store guy ain’t tell me non of this I told him i was new also 🤦🏾♂️ so do I leave the dead fish in there to create bacteria 🦠? (Don’t want to sound dumb) I had got a pitcus and two cichlids what do I do now ? Please help
@@AquazoneQC the said part is when I went to the pet store I told the guy I think I need water conditioning he gave me the quick start cycling and said the conditioner is not needed
Hi, pls advise for my new fish tank. When I use the Ammonia test kit I saw a lot of ammonia in tank (1.0mg/L). My 3 gold fish already died. Pls help to advise. Thanks a lot
Hello! I am doing water changes and adding quick start back. I can not afford all the other stuff, I only have a 10 gallon tank. Would this be sufficient or do I absolutely need the other stuff?
@@AquazoneQC Vitamin C does wonders for the body and does not lower oxygen levels like sulfur based products. Yes do some research on it, the full vitamin C complex is better of course.
u know am a new beginner and am trying to learn how to take care of my first set of gold fishespecially and my water keep get cloudy so I come to u tube to learn how to control my problem but u guys make your videos and u guys will use these words that a beginner doesn't real know what that word even mean u need to break it down for a beginner would know what u are talking about remember we are beginner trying to learn thank u very much and by the way I liked your video but am still lose
Izabella AquaZone thank you! I only have a 10 gallon so I got the Seachem matrix. Do o just put in on the hang back filter? It’s hard to find how to use.
Hello,thank you for that ... after we set up the tank we put the water on it and the solution and after an hour my husband decided to buy a fish and then in the morning one fish died 😞..
My guppies keep dying. I think i was overfeeding them and i thinks a lot was settling on the bottom. I dont have any bottom feeders in tank, just betta and guppies(guppy now, had nine, one left) and i am feeding them leftover cichlid pellets from my old fish which i crush between 2 spoons, some floats but some of it sinks to bottom and develops like a fuzzy mould looking thing around it. I recently did a big tank clean, heeaps of crap came out from under the rocks, only one has died since but was soon after clean so maybe she was already sick? My mate gave me some flake food but the betta doesn't seem to like it. What do you think? Sorry, massive question. Also, where is your accent from? Im guessing sweden but im just a dumb aussie haha. Cheers
Listen you don't need bottom cleaners. You need to vaccum that tank everywhere look and clean under all the decor do a massive water chnage and feed only what they can eat in 1-2 minutes.
@@AquazoneQC yeah might do another big water change did mega clean and vac the other day. I cant believe how little they eat, im just giving them 3 crushed up pellets once or twice a day now.
Y'all don't know nothing about how to get rid of ammonia in your fish 🐟 tank I been trying to get some help and I don't have fish 🐟 in my tank and I sail have amomoa in it now tall me
All these aquarium experts say the same thing: just get yourself an old sponge full of good bacteria and put it in your filter. This is hopelessly impractical advice for beginners, who don't have access to such a thing.
Good advice! I wish when I bought my 1st tank 25 years ago I wish I could have seen this video. Way before you tube. I bought a 55 gallon tank and 55 fish. You know the 1 per gallon crap we used to believe. Nobody at Petsmart explained the cycle to me. I set the tank up that night and the next morning I added the fish. Needless to say it didn’t go well. It was total carnage! Crazy thing is the 1st fish I bought was a moonlight Gourami. He grew to 6 inches and ended up surviving and living over 10 years! Tough fish to survive my stupidity!
Hello I was wondering what i should do if my fish has permanent ammonia damage i hate to see him in pain but idk what to do
Nicholas Lopez euthanasia
EXCELLENT INFORMATION THAT ALL NEW AQUARIUM OWNERS MUST WATCH! Thank you!
I am following your advice down to every detail. Immediately after the first water change and addition of chemicals I saw my fish become much more calm and at ease. Hopefully all will be well in a few days thank you!
Awww that's awesome !
i know all of this info, but just liked your voice. It made me stay watching the video haha
Weirdo
thanks ive often wondered about lava rock i have big pieces of it in my tank for decoration glad to know its also helpful may add some to my filter
5:46 Safe can treat more gallons, but Prime can detoxify heavy Metals and trigger a healthy slime coat. So if you have heavy water prime is slightly better. Great video!
Hey girl great video great information. I have my own silly channel but I really needed this info and needed broke down like you broke it?
Thanks
I set a new tank and I added fish to it before the cycle is done. I also added a "equasafe" product.
After 2 days the water got cloudy.
If I add useful bacteria, will it help?
Thank you.
What do you do when you don't have gold fish in your fish tank and you sail heve amomoa in your tank
Thank you for the information, I just got a 10 gallon planted tank for my betta. I have two others and I never cycled them I just put "stress coat" in the water let the tank cycle for only a day and put the fish in no problems. (I did not know the proper process then) With this tank I put "stress coat" in every gallon of water I put in the tank. I then put prime and stability into the tank. First day perfect no problems second the same but the third I woke up and he's left fin only was clamped on his body and had a little a bit of red in it almost like he popped a blood vessel. he's been a little lethargic just sitting around. I checked the ammonia levels and it was between a 1 and a 2. Any ideas why this happened to this tank but not my other tanks. (sorry for the long message)
thank you once again izabella great information amazing aquariums and great advice once again over the years you have come a long way !! did you end up reading my in a nutshell life experience that you wanted to hear from your video sleep vivid dream vlog
I'm trying to do a fishless cycle. How long it would take if i would just use cycled filter media and fish food?
What do you do when you get now gold fish in your fish tank and you sail heve amomoa in your fish tank now I got no fish in my fish tank and I sail have amomoa in my tank
Thank you for the information. I think I will try the safe and cut out the feeding!
I’ve been battling ammonia and nitrites for 5 months now. I have a betta which was my first then later added a mystery snail because I was getting algae growth, in hope’s my mystery snail would eat but not much. Then I added 3 red Corys and a nerite snail in the 10 gl and still high ammonia.
My betta got pop eye, swollen mouth and a bump on its head. I started to cycle another tank and put them all in it because levels were low and after a week ammonia and nitrites were up, in the mean time my older tank was still cycling and levels were 0 I put them back only to have a ammonia spike again. So I’m on my third day of changing 10% water changes. I believe my problem is I’m still feeding them too much. My mystery snail has to eat. So today is the first day of no feeding. I’ve been using treated water, plus stability, seed and ammonia block. I do have a few plants but I lost all plants. It’s been a nightmare and very costly as I took my fish to the emergency vet. I’m going to separate the betta and place him in his own tank once it’s cycled. They all seem healthy including my betta after a couple of weeks of methylene blue treatments 2x a day for 20 minutes, all due to poor water quality. I’m new to this and I couldn’t imagine having a bigger tank. I’m ready to hang up the towel. But after listening to your video I will take those tips and apply them. Thank you. By the way my nitrates are at 20 ppm, and doing frequent water changes my tank mates seem ok.
What if you don't have fish 🐟 in your tank and you sail heve amomoa in your tank
Hi , I’m doing a fish in cycle ( cause I have no other option at the moment ) , I’ve put my giant female blackmoor in her new tank , that is onky 3 days old , ammonia today is at 1 per million , yesterday nitrates were pretty high but got down and nitrates were showing up . I’am using sponge filter from one of my other tank , that’s a 3 years old sponge filter from a perfectly established tank , so full of beneficial bacteria, still the ammonia today builded up probably cause I made the mistake to feed her yesterday .I’m using prime , I had no idea there was a powder version of it that worked better . So my question is , you reckon it’s too late to order safe via Amazon ? Cause it will take some days to arrive , is prime not good enough ? I thought prime was a good way to detoxify the ammonia but now I have the doubt that it’s not good enough . I may try to see if some shops has “safe “ ? Gosh I’m confused now ... what can I do ? Harriet the blackmoor acts normal . No issues at all , she’s pretty huge , still I’m worried , I’ve had her for 3 years and surely I don’t wanna lose her . Later I’ll put some other dirt from another filter of another tank ( I have 3 cycled tanks beside this new one ) .
Very good, I am running in this problem now but I did pull thought about 50 % thank god .
What if you don't have fish 🐟 in your tank and you sail got amomoa in your tank now
First time watching one of your videos. Excellent information, straight forward right to the point. Keep up the good work. Going to use your recommendations to try and solve my recurring ammonia problem. I also have water that keeps dropping in ph for unknown reasons. Any ideas I have a 10 gallon freshwater tank with three small angel fish and four small zebra fish? I do frequent water changes, do not overfeed and change the filter when needed.
I would imagine it’s over stocking. For zebra fish, you want to usually have 2 gal per fish, and then angel fish are notorious for needing space. Especially vertical. It’s possible your fish are creating more ammonia than the filter can handle. Also, just a tip, for some reason zebra fish like odd numbers. Schools of 5,7, or 9. It for some reason allows them to build a better social hierarchy.. if you find they are being aggressive with each other, perhaps move them to a tank with more room and add a tank mate or 3.
@@corystheboss small angel and small zebra
Beautiful gold fishes
I have 3 goldfish in a 3.5 gallon fish tank. I'm completely new to having fish and the person at the pet store told me nothing about how to care for them and I'm at a loss of what to do. I bought Aqua Safe, and quick start and put those in before adding the fish to the tank. I bought the tank and added them the same day. Mmm
Definately plan on getting a way bigger tank or a pond for those goldfish if you do plan on keeping them if you haven’t learned by now how much space they actually need i would suggest watching a few fish channels and watch as many videos as you can for a 3.5 may i suggest a betta or turn it into a shrimp tank. good luck on ur adventures/many disasters of fish keeping
That tank is wayyyyyyy too small for 3 goldfish!😬
You need a bigger tank
Thank you for the content!
Hi
I am from India and need some advice
Its been 5 days since I started my tank cycle process.
Just have about 8 small african jewels in there. Is it ok for me to add new 50 cichlids in a day or 2?
I have a 85 gallon aquarium and have been dozing it with Prime and stability since the cycling started
can cycling be done in 5 days if my tank is just a 2 gallon nano tank, heavily planted with a hob filter on?
new tank btw
Nothing can be cycled in 5 days but it will be more stable for sure
Would tetra aquasafe work in place of prime/safe?
how can you not feed the fish for 5 days, wouldnt they die if you dont feed them?
They can be fine for a week without food, but wouldn't recommend in only serious cases. They have this storage kinda method, however after 5 days they start to starve. It's the only way some fish manage to survive the packaging and delivery process from other countries.
Cool video and great advice!! Just subscribed! I have a channel about fish too! Looking forward to more of your videos! 🐟🐠👍
Thank you Jake.
I’m here because my new fish died … but the the person store guy ain’t tell me non of this I told him i was new also 🤦🏾♂️ so do I leave the dead fish in there to create bacteria 🦠? (Don’t want to sound dumb) I had got a pitcus and two cichlids what do I do now ? Please help
No dead fish anywhere never plz. Get those products I talked about asap
@@AquazoneQC thanks they on the way I ordered last night do I change this water or leave it ? Thanks
@@AquazoneQC the said part is when I went to the pet store I told the guy I think I need water conditioning he gave me the quick start cycling and said the conditioner is not needed
Very helpful advice 🤓
Hi, pls advise for my new fish tank. When I use the Ammonia test kit I saw a lot of ammonia in tank (1.0mg/L). My 3 gold fish already died. Pls help to advise.
Thanks a lot
watch the video maybe?
Hello!
I am doing water changes and adding quick start back. I can not afford all the other stuff, I only have a 10 gallon tank.
Would this be sufficient or do I absolutely need the other stuff?
You need a friend with a good stable tank to give you a cycled sponge. And yes it be better if you get the other stuff .
Izabella AquaZone thank you for all the great information! ❤️❤️
Good video I like prime
So what I’m gonna use to other aquarium if I’m gonna use the sponge filter to a new tank. ?
Just squeezed your old sponge (cycled) to your new tank...
Do you like ascorbic acid over sulfur for chlorine neutralization?
I haven't done research over ammonia effect I know it neutralizes chlorine.
@@AquazoneQC Vitamin C does wonders for the body and does not lower oxygen levels like sulfur based products. Yes do some research on it, the full vitamin C complex is better of course.
u know am a new beginner and am trying to learn how to take care of my first set of gold fishespecially and my water keep get cloudy so I come to u tube to learn how to control my problem but u guys make your videos and u guys will use these words that a beginner doesn't real know what that word even mean u need to break it down for a beginner would know what u are talking about remember we are beginner trying to learn thank u very much and by the way I liked your video but am still lose
Hey! Do I need the bio media if I do not have someone that is able to give me an established sponge?
Yea
Izabella AquaZone thank you! I only have a 10 gallon so I got the Seachem matrix. Do o just put in on the hang back filter? It’s hard to find how to use.
I wish people explain what to do with the media. Wheee do I put it, how does it work.
I will cover in next video ;)
Izabella AquaZone thank you!!!!
My goldfish are covered in ammonia burns.
Anyone know where one can get used water if you don’t have other fish keeping people around? 😅
Love u Isabella☺️
Pardon my ignorance. If the pH level of my aquarium is ideal, is it safe to assume that ammonia is non-existent in the water?
only way to know for certain is to test to my knowledge. i have really good ph but super high ammonia currently.
No. All these things are different and should be tested separately as I am learning the hard way.
Yeah gotta test it. And if you have ammonia.
Then treat it. 9 out of 10 the ph will drop.
Then you will have to buffer the PH as well.
If the water is white ! It’s to late for an old sponge .
Thank you so much!!
why my fish keep dying 🥺 and my tank is cloudy too i don’t what’s going on 😞 pls help me ..i’m new to this
Follow steps in this video
Hello,thank you for that ... after we set up the tank we put the water on it and the solution and after an hour my husband decided to buy a fish and then in the morning one fish died 😞..
Jessica Romanes you have to wait a week before putting fish into a new tank
My guppies keep dying. I think i was overfeeding them and i thinks a lot was settling on the bottom. I dont have any bottom feeders in tank, just betta and guppies(guppy now, had nine, one left) and i am feeding them leftover cichlid pellets from my old fish which i crush between 2 spoons, some floats but some of it sinks to bottom and develops like a fuzzy mould looking thing around it. I recently did a big tank clean, heeaps of crap came out from under the rocks, only one has died since but was soon after clean so maybe she was already sick? My mate gave me some flake food but the betta doesn't seem to like it. What do you think? Sorry, massive question. Also, where is your accent from? Im guessing sweden but im just a dumb aussie haha. Cheers
Listen you don't need bottom cleaners. You need to vaccum that tank everywhere look and clean under all the decor do a massive water chnage and feed only what they can eat in 1-2 minutes.
@@AquazoneQC yeah might do another big water change did mega clean and vac the other day. I cant believe how little they eat, im just giving them 3 crushed up pellets once or twice a day now.
Y'all don't know nothing about how to get rid of ammonia in your fish 🐟 tank I been trying to get some help and I don't have fish 🐟 in my tank and I sail have amomoa in it now tall me
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All these aquarium experts say the same thing: just get yourself an old sponge full of good bacteria and put it in your filter. This is hopelessly impractical advice for beginners, who don't have access to such a thing.
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