Search results

Thank you very much Collin_T for all your help! I'll do that! No, there isn't really a reason for the higher temperature. I'll turn it down, thanks!

Thank you for the in-depth reply! I have an HOB filter, which I never clean except for maybe scraping off some algae that grows off the spout in a gross mess. I don't have any carbon, so I'll look into getting some! My buckets were bought exclusively for the tank and nobody else uses them, I'm...

I change 25% of the water every week, and make sure the new water is the same temperature as the tank and dechlorinated with prime. The store is a small aquatic specialty store. They do have the same fish there for weeks/months for a few of the bigger fish like the bichir and some really nice...

Tank size: 20 gallons pH: 7.6 Ammonia/nitrite/nitrate: 0.25 / 0 / 5ppm (new fish, so the bacteria haven't caught up yet I guess, fully cycled, will do a water change to get it back down) GH: 5 degrees Temperature: 79 degrees F Moderately planted Lights on for ~6 hours per day No medications or...

I have been adding extra prime, but thanks for making sure :) I got her from a local fish store, so I don't know anything about her history or where she came from. She was in a fresh shipment, so all I know is that she hadn't been at the store for long. It's entirely possible that she's on the...

She isn't very interested in eating today, and she's just laying at the bottom :/ If anyone has any idea how to help, please let me know!

I stopped doing it a few weeks ago, but she has gotten worse faster than before

I've heard from several reddit threads and forum posts that it can help with a lot of issues, especially swim bladder things and stuff, so I thought I'd give it a try. https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/aquarium-salt-for-sick-fish Following this guide, which says that it can help with...

She lives in a 10 gallon tank with lots of plants and 5 ember tetras. Temp is 78 degrees, pH is around 7.4, ammonia/nitrite/nitrate are 0/0/10. I've only had her for about 4 or 5 months. In December, I noticed that she was starting to swim with a bit of a tilt in her back, but she was still...

The male does have a big bubble nest at the top! I've also heard that they make them even if there isn't a female, so I wasn't sure if it was important

Here's some pictures of the two of them up close so you guys can check if I got their genders right haha. Also tried uploading the video to a different site to see if that helps: https://www.veed.io/view/8760159e-72ef-487c-8081-232293bf6928?sharingWidget=true&panel=share If you still can't see...

Hi! I have a pair of honey gouramis that were doing something weird yesterday. Is this mating behaviour? Or are they fighting? They're male and female wild types, the male has a big bubble nest in the water lettuce at the top of the tank. Am I going to be a grandpa? ^A video of it. It went on...

Tests as of today: Ammonia 1ppm, Nitrite 5ppm, Nitrate 20ppm, pH 7.6 Looks like I'm back on track! Hopefully it stays that way!

How do you do water changes without causing a big pH fluctuation when your tank pH is so low? Just curious

Master test kit came today! I tested and got pH: 6.4 (yikes) Ammonia: 3ppm Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrate: 5ppm So I guess low pH is going to be a bit of a problem? I did that big water change yesterday, but it's been almost 24 hours so I'm not sure if it's testing low because it hasn't sat long enough...

Okay! I did a roughly 60-70% water change just now, then added a half dose of ammonia so we'll see where it goes up to in a while once the water has moved around a bit I guess. I've been following these instructions...

Just checked again, ammonia is still at 2ppm :( Hasn't gone down at all in nearly a week now...

I tested the tap water that sat for 24 hours and the results were basically the same, other than half the hardness indicator turned a bit orange, so it might be somewhere between 0-25ppm? I ordered some Gh+ stuff since there was none at my LFS, so hopefully that should help!

I didn't know about letting it sit out! I'll try putting some in a container and check tomorrow. Thank you for the tip!

I was planning to keep honey gouramies, cherry shrimp and some ember tetras or harlequin rasboras. I ordered some seachem stability to alter the hardness instead of the oyster shells! My tap water has the same pH, hardness, and alkalinity as my tank water (tested again just now).

I've been worrying about my super low GH too haha. I'll definitely try getting a master test kit ASAP and retest it! I was planning on putting some crushed oyster shells in my filter to raise it if it really is that low, is that a good idea? I'm using top fin water conditioner, it doesn't say...

I don't have a bubbler, but the filter output makes lots of bubbles and stuff when it falls. I use TopFin 5-in-1 test strips for most things, then API liquid test for ammonia.

Oh, I'm not expecting it to be fully cycled yet or anything. I was just wondering why the ammonia hasn't gone down at all in a few days, when it went down a lot faster before. Is there any reason it could be stalled or I killed the bacteria somehow? Or do they just get full and not eat for a while?

Hello! I got a 20 gallon tank for christmas and I've been cycling it since then. The timeline has been like so: December 25th: set up tank, added 64 drops of Dr. Tim's ammonia (about 3ppm) December 31st: Ammonia was at 0.5ppm, nitrite at ~3ppm, nitrate test had a bit of colour but not up to...

Hello! I just bought this plant from my LFS. I was talking to my brother while we put it in the tank and he said something about water wisteria, but I was like isn't it ambulia? So we need someone to help settle this for us. It was floating in the tank when I bought it. Thank you!