Re: [GSAS-Member] Nitrogen Cycle - a slow start?

[Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com>]

I can believe that. I have never had an oto that lasted more than a week, no
matter how much they had available to eat.

Speaking of otos, they make them in green!

http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/Petracini_Epactionotus_Aky.html



On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Hostetter, Kypros <
hostetter2003@lawnet.ucla.edu> wrote:

> also, do you have new Ottos?  My understanding is that many Ottos come weak
> and diseases from the suppliers- the general rule of thumb I have seen is
> that if they make it a month they will likely be okay.  Steev might have
> some input on this.
>
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Christine Ranegger <cranegger@msn.com
> >wrote:
>
> >
> > Concerning the Oto ... I wonder if it might have starved since they
> really
> > like algae and in a newly set up tank they might not find enough of it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Just a thought,
> >
> > Christine
> >
> > > From: mikeycpa@gmail.com
> > > Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:26:25 -0800
> > > To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
> > > Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Nitrogen Cycle - a slow start?
> > >
> > > Roy,
> > >
> > > I tried your suggestion as I am using API's Nitrate test solution that
> > > is part of their master test kit (the kind with two bottles). I did
> > > another test last night with your recommendation of plenty of vigorous
> > > shaking. No such luck. Nitrate is still reading 0. Also, when I
> > > went this morning to give my fish breakfast before I left for work,
> > > one of my oto's had was lying on the bottom, upside down, deceased.
> > > The other appeared to be fine and the danios are all just as active as
> > > always.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know about a way to tell if the tank is fully cycled w/o
> > > using ammonia/nitrite/nitrate levels to verify? Meg's suggestion
> > > (below) sounds like a possible explanation but with the death of a
> > > hearty fish like an oto I'm a bit concerned now and hesitant to
> > > introduce more less-hearty fish without knowing the water is
> > > definitively safe.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > > -M-
> > >
> > > ----------------- From Meg -----------------
> > > Perhaps the 0 nitrate reading is due to your plants using it up? If
> > > there are only a handful of fish compared to the amount of water, you
> > > might have a small concentration of nitrate that the plants are able
> > > to keep up with.
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