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I am currently covering another store that is much much much slower than my home store. I'm hoping my new coworker can handle working it solo for two days.

Thanks. It was a tough time but I'm slowly getting over it.

I'm just going to keep wearing my mask and I'm going to keep getting the booster shots. I already lost one family member to it and have plenty of immune compromised friends and family. I'm not risking losing anymore.

Ya'll are a lot nicer than another forum I was in. So I'm feeling better about asking questions here.

Okay, that is what I thought. But I figured I'd ask. The fact that they said about a pound per gallon and only sell in pound bags was the reason I thought it wasn't worth it.

Okay, I meant to ask this earlier, but I've seen these Betta Orbs that are supposedly filled/covered in beneficial bacteria for sale at PetCo. Would getting some of these and putting them in the tank help with the cycle I'm going through at the moment? Or are they just a gimmick for people to...

Could we see some photos? That might help.

Okay, I 1000% missed it saying to add it. I read it but it didn't compute in my head not to do a water change. That is my bad. I'm also doing the water changes until I get can better testing strips on Friday. The ones I have now are just what PetCo had at the time. I was also just concerned...

Putting this here as I yet again don't know where else to put it, but apparently with all the issues I've been having with my cycle apparently NOT being done, my parents, especially my dad, is now doing research about fish keeping. So maybe I won't have to have yet another discussion of "when I...

Thank you! Don't know how I missed this. I've been checking this site religiously since I joined again.

UPDATE Did another big water change tonight. If my math is right (which it normally is) I did a 22 to 24 gallon water change. Which pretty much was change 11/12 gallons, fill tank back up and them did another 11/12 gallons or so. This is the first time the first two squares haven't been bright...

This just sounds like a bad idea. Pet store people really don't know a lot about proper fish keeping I've found. They really care more about profit than the proper care of fish.

Read articles. Pretty decent information. I've seen bio orbs for betta fish at PetCo, they claim to have beneficial bacteria. Would those be something I could use to add more bacteria to the tank? I did not realize I didn't have an ammonia test. I will pick one up on Friday when I get paid. I...

I mean, I get the two confused all the time. So I wanna say don't feel bad, but not sure how that would go.

I'm currently planning on doing big water changes to get everything under control.

I was on another forum years ago and the people there legit made me stop fish keeping. No matter what I wasn't doing anything right. Ya'll have been super nice and supportive here. I'm hoping with the large water changes I'll be doing daily for who knows how long at this point that I'll get this...

Uhh...let me figure this out. I go by EMO mostly. Lizzard is also acceptable. If you can't tell, I also REALLY love Pokemon. I'm a giant nerd in a small body.

Thanks! I'm trying to do right by the fish but I also don't have a lot of disposable income to put towards this.

Okay, knowing the freshwater one is a bit cheaper is good to know. Not that I want to use Amazon, but sometimes I have to.

Might have to wait until payday to get it. I know they had the saltwater one and that was almost $60.

They were all I could find at PetCo. I normally use the dropper ones but the PetCo was out of most things.

No, I have fish in the tank. Not a lot, but some.

Also, here is after the second large water change.

Yep. Though the cycle was done. I was very wrong. Very very wrong. But hopefully nothing a few big water changes can't repair. At least I found the test strips. PetCo was out of most everything today.

Picked up more test straps. Currently doing a 65-75% water change. Here are currently parameters. Top strip: before water change Middle strip: my tap water (well water) Bottom strip: after about 50% water change

Okay, is your goldfish currently in a sink with untreated tap water?

I'm pretty sure goldfish can't mix with guppies, but someone else might know more than me. I'm also pretty sure you need a minimum 55 gallon for goldfish as they get big and are big waste producers. Again, someone else might be able to better answer than me.

Just did a fifty percent water change today and I think something from PetCo infected the tank. I've attached photos of fish in question. Gourami might also have ich as I did see a white spot on it but I could not get a photo. I'll get water numbers this week as I ran out of strips and I'm...

Thank you!

So uh, I just saw this post. So pretty much I screwed up. *note to self, do not go into PetCo alone after they've gotten fish* So it kind of sounds like what happened with Neon Tetra's and becoming so inbred/weak that they kind of just always died (I swear I heard somewhere that's why they kept...

Okay, I'm hoping this works and that I'm putting this in the right place. If not, feel free to move this wherever it needs to be. Anyhow, as I said in my introduction post, I'm planning on making my thirty gallon tank an aquaponic tank. I'm hoping to mainly grow herbs and maybe some lettuce in...