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great, ill do another round of tests and clean my filter. thank you both for the quick replies.

I used bottle 1 for nitrAte, i shook it for about 5 minutes since i read in multiple threads that the test was somewhat inaccurate. i do 15-25% water changes every weekend as well as adding about a gallon of water on wednesday (it gets to about 85-90 degrees on the turtles basking surface so the...

im pretty sure that is a hi fin, most of the ones i've seen have stripes running horizontal though

i'm new to the fish keeping hobby. i first got my 40 gallon tank set up and filled in march. its for my hieroglyphic cooter turtle (krush) and he has been happily paddling around in the 20 gallons i have filled since then. recently i wanted a pleco to put in to clean up some of the algae. i got...

ill add some in just to be safe. if he uses it, great. if not, whatever    p.s. according to petsmart labeling it is a rubber lip, not a rubber nose. not sure if there is a difference or if petsmart is just mislabeling again.

thank you. i tapped the tank again and he has made it through the night, ill get the liquid test kits like you both said as well. thank you for your help!

thank you both for your replies. i think in the future ill be buying a 30 gallon tank to have just as a fish tank. for filtration im using a marineland c-160. it does a great job of keeping the water looking nice although im not sure on water quality. as for the testing of the water, yes they...

Request Help Tank size: 40 gallon tank filled up to about 22 gallons pH: levels all read at petsmart and they said they were all fine, gave them multiple samples from different areas of the tank ammonia: nitrite: nitrate: kH: gH: tank temp: 76F Fish Symptoms (include full description including...