Recent content by akared

Thanks so much for all your help Wiggler1 !!! And everyone else that's been very helpful !!! We are starting to get some night here and it won't be long before it's even with the day on the Equinox. We live in a rural area. Even so, this weekend we go to the cabin on the Lake and pull out...

When I started the tank, I started it with bottled water by the jug. The alkalinity was low and I was told to change to tap water, use AmQuel, and add salts? Shortly after is when the water turned cloudy and green. I do know now I was feeding too much, but was not sure that part of the problem...

You've all been really helpful and I really appreciate it!! One more question if I may.... Is reverse osmosis water bottled drinking water? Or distilled? Or both?

So would you just nix the No More Algae stuff and just focus on the water changes? I think the problem has been overfeeding, and yes, the light in the summer here in Alaska. What advice would you give on feeding? Thanks bunches, akared

So changing out 50% of the water once a week, will not harm the benefical bacteri? Or are you saying there is too much of that anyway. And thank so much for responding!! I'm hooked on this fish stuff. No matter the frustraions I really love those lil buggers. I would like my own tank and...

Hi Ya'll, Yep, I'm a newbie. We bought my son a tank for his room for last Christmas. It's a 12 gal Eclipse. Started it up in Feb and learned all about new tank syndrome. Yes, I'm the one doing all the care for the tank. Everything began going pretty smooth by April...then this summer, the...