Recent content by BigJim

Yep. It is a tortured naso tang that should be in a 175 gallon aquarium at least.

I'm sorry to hear you have lost some fish. I just cycled my 20 gallon tank with 5 danios. It took about 4 weeks and I did daily water changes that were often as much as 50%. I even did 50% water changes twice a day a few times. I basically did a 50% water change whenever i had more than .25...

Thanks! I did a a good bit of reading up before I bought it but I was still paranoid. There are plenty of hiding places for him and I have frozen blood worms and brine shrimp to feed him. I didn't realize it but he was actually shedding his skin. He is much more active now.

I added 3 leopard endler's hybrids and an african dwarf frog to my 20 gallon tank that I cycled with 5 danios. The endler's are taking no crap from the danios and are bold little guys. The ADF is terrified. The fish are curious about him but he freaks out whenever they get too close. Should...

That may be it. I do rinse them thoroughly but they often still have a few small drops of tap water in them when I use them again. If I have ammonia in my tap water, that could be my problem. I will check that tonight. Thanks!

There is a very slight greenish tint that seems to fall right in between the 0 ppm and .25 ppm color code. I'll try you advice. Thanks for the help. No problem! Hijacking is only bad if you completely change the topic.

Tomorrow will be five weeks since I started my fish-in cycle with 5 danios. I didn't know any better or I would have done a fishless cycle. I was pretty sure I was cycled about 10 days ago. Ammonia spiked and went down, Nitrite spiked and went down to zero and nitrates registered low levels...

Thanks! I'll do that. I think I'm going to stay away from the honey gourami at this point. I think my danios would stress it out because they literally chase each other around the tank all day, every day. Plus I would be reaching the max at that point anyway.

I'm getting closer. My nitrite started to get up to .25 ppm last Wednesday and the ammonia decreased to 0. One of the danios was very pale with slightly red gills but he appears to be fine now. I actually had to do 2 water changes per day to keep the nitrate to .25 ppm or less. Thank God I...

I forgot to ask my main question. One of my zebra danios was really big in the belly and now looks smaller. I noticed some stringy things floating around in the tank that look like small sausage link casings. I actually noticed them after vacuuming the gravel so it is probably irrelevant, but...

I have an update and a couple quick questions. All five danios are still doing well and chasing each other all over the tank. Ammonia first showed up 12 days ago but I have kept it at or below 0.25 PPM with 25% to 50% daily water changes. The nitrite reading on the API Master Test Kit has...

I am in the middle of a fish-in cycle and one thing that should be added here is to make sure you add a de-chlorinator to your tap water during water changes. I would recommend buying the following if you have not done so already. It will be money well spent and I have found all of them at...

That was my logic too. I figured the length of the fish might get to 30 inches but the body mass would be less than 20 inches of fuller bodied fish. I will be taking it slow so I should have a better idea if my logic is correct before I get the tetras. I am considering dwarf rasboras instead...

Thanks for the advice! I'll stick with the current plan and I'll probably be back once things start happening. Any thoughts on the fish I would like to add?

I started a new 20 gallon tank (my first in about 20 years) four days ago and I am cycling with three zebra danios and two leopard danios. The fish have been in the tank two days and I have three small live plants as well. The ammonia, nitrite and nitrate readings are all 0 still, and my pH is...