Recent content by Ashetto24

Hi all - I recently am upgrading from a 20 gallon to 75 gallon tank and I would like some ideas on stocking. Currently I have: 1 Featherfin Squeaker, 3 Tiger Barbs & 3 Serpae Tetra. I definitely would like to keep my Featherfin (and could part with my Barbs & Tetra's as a friend could take...

Hi all - I have a 20 gallon tank that was cycled 3 weeks ago. Even after adding more fish (7 baby tiger barbs) all levels of ammonia and nitrite were reading zero. I continued to test this each day until about a week ago I was testing every 3-4 days just to be on the safe side. Well, I tested...

Yes - I brought him over to a friend that had room to take him yesterday. Sad to give him up but my other fish are not nearly as stressed now which is great.

I rearranged my tank...it helped for about 10 minutes then back to normal. Luckily I found a home. He will be going there in a few hours. Thanks for all of the advice!

I thought about adding more but I'm afraid my tank would be overstocked considering the size. Also, all of the tiger barbs I have seen are relatively large so I'm not sure if they would terrorize the little ones??

Hi all - I bought 7 tiger barbs two weeks ago (they were very small)...well one has grown rapidly compared to the others and for the past few days has been harassing the other 6 Tiger Barbs relentlessly. The other barbs are showing signs of stress (hiding & some color loss). In my 20 gallon tank...

I plan on getting a 75 gallon tank (currently have the 7 Tiger barbs and 6 Serpae tetras in a 20 gallon for now). When I finally get the 75 is when I plan on stocking with possibly a BP and bumping up the barbs to 10 and the tetras to 8. I love my barbs and tetras and I really would like to...

Hi all - not sure if this is the right section to ask this but I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with Blood Red parrots? I was curious as to what types of fish they would be compatible with. I have Serpae Tetras and Tiger Barbs that pretty much hold their own and keep to...

Tetra's and barbs are awesome fish (IMO) and come in a nice variety of colors. Von Rio Flame tetra's are a smaller tetra and are very beautiful, also Danio's have really nice coloring and stay small. I have Serpae Tetra's and Tiger barbs and they compliment eachother's color quite nicely...

As previously mentioned, I also think a bigger water change is needed. I just completed a fish-in cycling (before I knew fish-less existed) and some days I found myself doing close to an 80% water change. Eventually the fish were used to it and it brought all of my ammonia and nitrite levels...

My tank is 20 gallons.

Hi all - after a patient wait of weeks my tank has been completely cycled for about 4 days now. I have 6 serpae tetra in there now along with numerous java moss plants and two Amazon sword plants. I intended to purchase 6 tiger barbs and that would have completed my set up but the lady at the...

With my fish-in cycle moving along slowly but surely, I have begun to think about what fish I would like to add once the cycle in completed. Currently, I have 6 serpae tetra in a 20 gallon tank. What are everyone's thoughts about adding 6 Tiger barbs to the mix? I really find their colors...

Great - thanks so much for the advice. 50% water changes every day seem to be doing the trick. I'm building some serious muscles from carrying all of these buckets of water haha:lol: Unfortunately I learned about the fish-in cycling too late...next tank will definitely be a fish-less for sure.

Yes, I am currently in the process of fish-in cycling. Not thinking of adding any fish until my tank is completely cycled and then some. I came across the lighting sort of by accident. I received two halogen tubes with the tank set up kit and orginally had both of them in. Saw a 50/50...