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Beautiful tank! Congratulations!

I guess I’ll enter even though my tank’s not that fancy! Tank: 10 gallon tank from PetSmart Heater: Aqueon (if I’m remembering right that is) Filter: TopFin Silenstream 10 Light: NICREW Classic LED Plus Substrate: CaribSea Floramax Maintenance: 50% water change every two weeks Stocking: 2 male...

I’m still pretty new to fish, but I think my platies are close to immortal. My first one, the one that got me into fishkeeping, was brought to a Christmas gift exchange. Bagged up, wrapped up in a box, with a nice bow. :/ We played a game with the presents that involved a lot of passing them...

Yeah, I ended up returning the fish and continuing with the rest of your advice. It probably would’ve been fine, I just didn’t feel able to nurse a wounded/sick fish at the moment.

Ah, that makes sense! Thank you! The whitish dot is bigger today. Probably about a millimeter out from his face (I can’t get a good picture; he’s been lurking in the back). It looks less rounded too. It’s making me a bit nervous. Honestly, I’m starting to wonder if I should just take him back...

Oh, that’s a relief to hear! I’m glad it’s not something contagious! Okay, daily 75% wcs for a week. (I do normally do weekly changes, I promise—nursing school has been kicking my butt this month.) Is there a reason why water changes still need to be done if ammonia and nitrite are 0 and...

Tank size: 10 gallons pH: don’t know ammonia: 0 ppm nitrite: 0 ppm nitrate: <5 ppm kH: don’t know gH: don’t know tank temp: 75 F Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): Ok here’s the story folks. I’ve been planning to add another platy to my...

Ok, thanks! That eases my mind a bit! Although the nitrate reading from the tank is zero. It was around 20 before I added the frogbit, though, and like I said I had that nitrite spike, so I’m pretty sure it’s cycled. :) As for the test kit, it’s an API test kit—it’s a little easier to tell the...

Thank you so much for the quick reply! I test before feeding the fish. Nope, no driftwood. I tested the tank water again today, and the tap and RO water (which I mix with the tap water for water changes, because of the nitrates in the tap). And... They all look pretty yellow to me today...

I can’t figure out what’s up with this tank! It’s 10 gallons and has been set up for several months. I know it’s cycled because there was a nitrite spike a couple months ago followed by nitrate. Both are now at zero (the frogbit keeps the nitrate at zero even though my tap water has nitrate!)...

Hi everyone! I am new to the hobby as of December 2018. I have a 5.5g betta tank and a 10g that currently houses two platies—with lots of plants in both tanks! I’m having a lot of fun with the hobby so far. :)