Water quality results are moved, click to view water quality tests results. Appropriate water changes continue but this makes it easier to keep track of my results.

The fish in tank 1 were put in the tank 2 50 gallon. No acclimation is necessary since the water is the same temperature and the chemistry is the same from my tap water. The filter was moved over with them and they seem to be doing well. The 20 gallon is now empty. I used the opportunity to replace the coated substrate with taihitian moon sand. The second 50 gallon tank was down to 1 ppm of ammonia so I added additional ammonia. Tank Log - Day 3 / Saturday July 31st

The 20 gallon tank is reading between 2 and 5 ppm nitrites, i'm doing about a 60% water change to make it less toxic for the fish. The 2nd tank, the 50 gallon with danios and baby mollies in it is getting a 10 to 15 gallon change to deal with rising nitrites as well. .25 ppm ammonia and .25 ppm nitrite. 50-60% water change for tank 1, 15 gallon change for tank 2.

The tank that is cycling without fish is at or near the same ammonia reading as yesterday, 4 ppm.

The second 50 gallon had a leak. I filled it up on the padio to verify this. I went back to petsmart and exchanged it for another aquarium of the same size, 48 inches long. It's a beautiful aquarium and the new one doesn't seem to be leaking. I've filled the new one up and added 50 drops of 10% janitorial strength ACD ammonia.

Current readings on my tanks are Tank 1 (have been doing 40-50% water changes daily, 20 gallon tall) : Ammonia 0 ppm, Nitrite .5 ppm, NitrAte *untested*

Tank 2 50 gallon long, .25 ppm ammonia, .25 nitrite. This tank will get about a 20% water change after I deal with tank 1 by replacing 5 gallons of water.

Tank 3, with the 50 ammonia drops beginning the fishless cycle is at 4 ppm ammonia.

The new 50 gallon tank is set up with black Tahitian moon sand substrate, and a Penguin 350 Biowheel Filter that I purchased from Drs. Foster and Smith Aquatics. I intend to get the nitrogen cycle in this tank going without fish by adding pure ammonia (bought from Ace hardware) daily. This is known as a fishless cycle.

When I was filling the tank and priming the biowheel filter I spilled water on the floor and I assume I also spilled it on my 2x10s that make up the aquarium stand. It is now dripping through the crack in the boards and onto the floor. I am nervous that it could be a leak rather than spilled water, time will tell. If the aquarium level does not go down and the water on the stand dries up then my tank is not leaking. I am thinking if there was a leak in the tank there would be more than a small drip, because it is a large 48 inch tank and the force of water on a bad seal would be pretty strong.

The water in the new 50 was dechlorinated and I moved some bright pink decorative plants over from the 20 gallon tank that holds my female mollies. This tank will eventually house either part of a community or a couple larger fish. Haven't decided. Definitely tropical though. If I ever want goldfish i'll get a pond, or a bigger tank.