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Betas thrive at a pH of 7.0, but they are very hardy and adaptable and can withstand a pH of 8.0. To change your pH you have to get different water, perhaps from your lfs. My lfs sells water, but be careful...it doesn't have a constant pH so be sure to check that. Do not use a product to...

I have a grey algae that is infiltrating my plants and is sending out strings that float in the tank and get caught on my fish. It has filled in my Java Fern and I'm going to lose that plant as well as my dwarf baby tears. The algae is appearing as frizz in the baby tears. What is this awful...

Nothing has changed. I'm watching them aligned at the bottom right now even with the light off. I completely forgot to mention that my cories are hiding in a cave in some driftwood. They will only come out when the light is off. They were fine a few days ago. They all were. I just can't...

They're getting a larger group soon. I just bought this tank with only 4, but I'm adding more. I have ordered more adult rainbows from my lfs. All they have are young, small ones and I think they would get picked on. In any case, there have been only 4 for about a year and they've been out...

Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, Nitrates 5-10ppm, 75 degrees F, Hardness is at the very end of the scale, very hard, pH 7.5, they are Bosemani. They've been doing this for 3 days. I do a water change every weekend so there was a water change 3 days before they started this. I've had the rainbows...

My 4 rainbows, 2 males and 2 females, are staying at the bottom in a row. Just sitting there. There tails are moving a bit, but that's it. Are they sick? It's a 50 gallon planted tank with them and 3 cories. Water parameters and temp are the same as usual, no changes. No changes at all...

I have a 2 month old 15 gallon tank and the parameters are: Ammonia .25, Nitrites 0, Nitrates 0, pH 7.5. The ammonia is always .25, and also in 2 other tanks that I don't maintain myself. I believe it's the tap water. I did have Ammonia .25, Nitrites 0, Nitrates 5-10. I had this for several...

What type of nutrients does Creeping Jenny need? I have many -- potassium, iron, phosportus, nitrogen, Excel, and Excel Flourish. Maybe one or two more. Thank You in advance.

Drats. I chose these mollies because I thought they were ordinary and I wouldn't have a hard time returning them to the store when the tank was ready for the female bettas, but I was wrong. These two girls hang out together all the time, in tandem. The diminutive one has cute little bug-eyes...

Thank you. I really do care too. I didn't know these things about mollies. I dote on my fish, nothing is too good for them and nothing is too much trouble if it will make them happier. I even have fish anesthesia to euthanize dying fish with so they don't have to suffer before dying. My...

Won't adding mollies slowly avoid any ammonia appearing? I've had many tanks over the years and often added a couple more fish to an existing tank without problem. Are you saying that any increase in fish in a cycled tank will cause ammonia to spike? Also, I have hard water. Ph is 7.5. I'm...

I don't use fish to cycle a tank. The tank is cycled and I'm adding mollies slowly to increase how many fish the tank can handle without starting a cycle. And no, I'm not keeping the mollies. When I have 6 mollies in the tank I will take them out to add 6 female bettas at one time. I will...

Sorry if I wasn't clear. I was just talking off the top of my head and didn't really prepare anything. But yes, I do plan to trade these 6 mollies out for 6 female bettas after the mollies has established the tank for 6 fish.

I won't have the mollies long enough for them to reach full size, or anywhere near it. My tank is cycled but I want to increase the bioload so I can add 5-6 female bettas at one time. I explained this above. Thanks!

Hmmmm, ok. Nix the cories. I read, in many locations, that they were good tankmates for bettas. Just can't believe everything you read on the internet. I'm assuming I can keep my nerite snail? Is there anything else I can have? Otocinclus? Thanks.

Thank you. One molly isn't working out so I think I'll take him back and perhaps that will help. Thank you

My 15 gallon tank was cycled and contained 1 male betta, 7 pygmy cories, and 1 nerite snail and water parameters of Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, Nitrates 5.0. My betta died so I added 3 mollies with plans to add 3 more in a few weeks. Now my parameters read Ammonia 0, Nitrites .25, Nitrates 10.0...

My 15 gallon tank was cycled and contained 1 male betta, 7 pygmy cories, and 1 nerite snail and water parameters of Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, Nitrates 5.0. My betta died so I added 3 mollies with plans to add 3 more in a few weeks. Now my parameters read Ammonia 0, Nitrites .25, Nitrates 10.0...

I don't want a heavily loaded tank, which 7 seems to be....plus my 7 or so pygmy cories at the bottom, so do you think 5 females is too few?

Doesn't the filter current make part of the tank unusable by a fish making the tank actually smaller than 15 gallons? The current is making me think 5 is max for my tank. I have an AquaClear 20, for up to a 20 gallon tank. I could turn down the current but it doesn't seem like it would...

But if I do two at a time, won't the first two fight?

How many female bettas do you think will fit comfortably in a heavily planted 15 gallon tank? Thank you

I have a 15 gallon with some pygmy cories and the tank is cycled. I want to have about 6 female bettas in it, but I can't add them all at once because the tank isn't cycled for that many fish. However, I can't add female bettas a couple at a time because they'll fight. All 6 need to be added...

I got a silicate remover. I'm hoping that helps. Thanks, Darrien

I know what an indication is. lol I was asking if you meant the light was too weak, or I had it on for too short of a time. "Low light levels" was ambiguous to me. I have no idea what my PAR is anywhere in the tank. Don't you need a special device to determine that? My parameters...

Figured it out. It's fin rot. Will start Paraguard tomorrow.

I have a high output light on 6 hours a day. Is that too little? Is that what you mean by "indicator of low light levels"? Here are pictures -- one is of the algae on a rock and the other on a plant. It has grown noticeably in just a few hours! Help!

My tank is about 2 months old, water parameters are good. I have this brown/orange algae appearing on the sides of the tank, on top of plant leaves, on rocks, pretty much all over. What the heck is it and how do I stop it?????

No. The ammonia seems impossible to get rid of. It's a mystery. If you have any suggestions, I'm all ears. I'd love to get rid of it. Although, all sources around here tell me that .25 is insignificant....but I'd still like to have ZERO.

No, there is another explanation. As I stated earlier, my point 25 trace amount of ammonia is in the tap water itself. Tank is cycled and has excellent water quality. Darrien

The parameters indicate that the tank is cycled. I've used this method dozens of times over the last 12 years and I've never had fish get sick or die. I also know many other people who use this method, and my lfs approves. My local fish society approves as well, and they're a serious bunch...

Still want to hear from other people!!!!!

Triggered? No. It's that I'm a female, not a male. Now you've been wrong twice! lol Do you have any ideas about my betta's illness?

Son? Does it make a difference if it's 6 or 7? Darrien

I cycled the tank overnight by putting bacteria laden media from a mature tank into the 15 gallon. My parameters are: Ammonia .25 (can't seem to get rid of that, it's in the tap water) Nitrite 0 Nitrate 5 ppm Ph 7.5

It's a new 15 gallon tank, cycled. A few live plants with one fake plant floating on top so he'd have a place to hang out. There are 6 or 7 pygmy cories, and about 12 hours before Bill got sick I had put in 8 young Ember Tetras.

His fins are very ragged, they look awful. And he's lethargic, laying down all the time. Upright though, not on his side. He isn't eating, and it's been four days. Today is the 2nd day that I've treated with Melafix. I don't know if that's right. Any ideas? I don't want Bill to die. Darrien

Oh, you're right. It's "bioavailable carbon", not CO2.