Recent content by Mike Yasin

wish you well

sand removal which even a small amount harbors lots of bacteria is (was) an important part of your filter. don’t discount the impact a little sand has on the system. regarding the ammonia, you didn’t state the reading or I missed it. Either way, ammonia is or could be present, so act...

Doubt that water changes alone are going to help you considerably, considering that you’ve been using the same water and it wasn’t until after you moved your tank and removed your sand that you began having these problems. The cause shouldn’t be difficult to figure out since you detailed it in...

Hi - I'm sorry you're going through this. Did I read that you removed all your sand and moved your tank a few weeks back? That is a lot of bio filtration you took away…. and if you scrubbed everything, you took more away. You could be smelling the remaining bio (bacteria) die off. If you have...

I’ll be taking reqs soon. Want to see who’s up for a drive north prior.

I’ll be taking reqs soon. Want to see who’s up for a drive north prior.

I’m in. Let’s hope they stabilize and can be fragged. One week might be too soon for these.

@dandemeyere - Good to meet you last week! This is RRU Robinhood

interested! Any filtered pics showing the color?

Good suggestions here - don’t feed more just yet to prevent higher undesirable effects. i make my own NANO3 as well, just find a legit grade source like Randy’s link. this is good calculator to use: just use the potassium nitrate drop down. http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/calculator.htm also...

All frags spoken for

@dochou and @Alexx last call guys. Lmk asap please if you still want them. I have Ryan’s permission to do something else with these frags if you‘re not interested

Best of luck, Kenny! Can’t wait to head over (on a non-mothers day weekend) ! :p

@dochou and @Alexx - can try to coordinate weekend of May 14. I’m in Marin, but may try to head to @under_water_ninja ‘s new store in Oakland for some salt. Oakland trip is low probability at this point, but may free up. lmk if either of those works for you.

Leaving them behind shows you care for the life of the animal. Good going