Sylverclaws, originally when I was asking about the name of the Molly I had, I remembered seeing online "Gold Dust" and what I thought was "Medallion" Mollies. Ha ha, it was actually the "Gold Doubloon" Molly with the short fins. I don't know why that was the name I thought I saw, but I didn't know if my female would have short or long fins, so put them both in. Crazy about the connection between the two... now it is the "Harlequin" that the Molly is. Whew...
Now I need to know exactly what you mean by "cycled tanks" and the readings that you would get from a fully cycled tank? My 20 Gal tank has been running for at least 2 months, most of it with cloudy water from too many fish in there. I worked on that problem, and now I think the tank is cycled, but I don't know. Last night I got a larger filter (30 gal Aquaclear/Fluval), brand new and put it in there. Even if the tank is cycled, what happens when you put in a new filter? I still have the water and sponge gunk from the former filter, although I put the filter in another tank. I could add the gunk to the new filter, if it will help it. Most of the 6 readings and the API ammonia test all read normal or below 0.25 NH3. So what would you advise on this? I have been treating with AmQuel and the SmartStart regularly. And I feel that the SmartStart is helping, don't feel that it is hurting anything.
Oh, and I put my male Green Sailfin Molly in the photo contest, too, finally it worked and gave me the whole thing, instead of just the Betta forum... :fish:
Now I need to know exactly what you mean by "cycled tanks" and the readings that you would get from a fully cycled tank? My 20 Gal tank has been running for at least 2 months, most of it with cloudy water from too many fish in there. I worked on that problem, and now I think the tank is cycled, but I don't know. Last night I got a larger filter (30 gal Aquaclear/Fluval), brand new and put it in there. Even if the tank is cycled, what happens when you put in a new filter? I still have the water and sponge gunk from the former filter, although I put the filter in another tank. I could add the gunk to the new filter, if it will help it. Most of the 6 readings and the API ammonia test all read normal or below 0.25 NH3. So what would you advise on this? I have been treating with AmQuel and the SmartStart regularly. And I feel that the SmartStart is helping, don't feel that it is hurting anything.
Oh, and I put my male Green Sailfin Molly in the photo contest, too, finally it worked and gave me the whole thing, instead of just the Betta forum... :fish: