Recent content by bernermad

Well he seems to be doing better today. He's swimming alot more and ate 4 pellets this morning. Although I think he may have a slight case of tail rot because his tail fin around the edge is brown so I ordered medicine last night and it should be here tomorrow. Even if he doesn't have tail...

The cycle will keep ammonia down and prevent big spikes with ammonia and everything. I have the whisper filter that came with the tank. There is very little movement to the water surface. The filter is not really good but it gets the job done and we can't find any other brands of filters for...

Ok he does stay in the middle part of the tank, in the fake plants, and will come up and fulp every once in a while and stay up there for a minute or so and then go hand out in the plants again. No other fish are in te tank either, he was the first to get up in. I am going to take out 5...

Ok, I'll raise the temp up a little every day. The LFS told me that they didn't need a heater but we could use one and put it at about 75. No the tank was not cycled because I was told by a member on this site that we could just do a 100% water change and add the fish without cycling and when...

Well this weekend we bought a betta for our daughter's 10 gallon fish tank. There is a heater and also a filter in this tank as well as fake plants. The fish seemed very active and colorful in his little cup at the store but since being put into the tank he rests on the top of the water...

Thanks! I was reading those but stupid me didn't even think to look at all those until after posting :stupid: ! I really don't know what kind of WPG our lighting gets but right now we aren't really looking to upgrade the 75 gallon. We just have a regular strip light with the bulb that came...

Sorry, I reposted in the plants section. I completely missed it!

I have a 75 gallon freshwater tank that has 6 regular tiger barbs (I'm planning on getting 3-4 more albino barbs as well), I also have 1 redtailed shark, and a common pleco who is soon to be rehomed (but the plant would be introduced with the pleco still in the tank). I'm also thinking about...

The chinese algea eaters aren't very good, IMO. We had one and he was ruthless with some of the other fish we had in our tank (and our tank was larger than yours with probably the same number of fish).

I have a 75 gallon freshwater tank that currently has 6 regular tiger barbs (I want to get a couple more I was thinking albino : :fun: ), 1 redtailed shark, and a common pleco. My common pleco will be being returned to my friend who has the tank setup and room for him (he's like a bull in a...

I have a 75 gallon freshwater tank that currently has 6 regular tiger barbs (I want to get a couple more I was thinking albino : :fun: ), 1 redtailed shark, and a common pleco. My common pleco will be being returned to my friend who has the tank setup and room for him (he's like a bull in a...

I love my actual tank because it's a big tank (at 75 gallons) but not gigantic so it's easy to care for. I can put in the type of fish that I want as they all would do well in the size tank that I have. The thing that I DON'T like is my decorations and landscaping look horrible and I never...

Yeah we added flake food to the tank. The ammonia, atleast from my test stripes, says 0. Unfortunetely our 30 gallon is not ready yet to add fish so I can't put her in yet but it should be ready in a week or so. I have the heater set at 74 because it has a tendency to flucuate between 74-76...

yeah, I meant nitrates :blush:. Sorry I'm not used to all the terms yet and always get those two mixed up. The tank is cycled though. We had piranhas in there and when we moved they unfortunetely didn't survive the trip so we've had the tank set up and running for almost 2 months with nothing...

I'll try the peas. Usually we feed flakes along with some freeze dried. The ammonia is good, from what I can tell. It's 0 or maybe a tad bit high but nothing in the stress zone. I'll have to do a ph check but the nitrites are at about 20. My boss tested the water herself as well and said...