Recent content by blairsmith

Sorry, the fish is about 1.5 years old

No sign of Ich, ammonia 0 nitrite .25 nitrate 0

One of my Angelfish has been unable to right itself for a little while now and is constantly laying on its side on the bottom, Occasionally swimming in small vursts. I have isolated it. If I hand feed it will eat but currently is unable to get food on it's own. I'm wondering if anyone has any...

Thanks everyone for your advice. I’m happy to say that parameters have all returned to normal.

I have tested my tap water. In the past it was 0. I didn’t test before the change, noticed my fish were all gasping so I tested tank and tap. Both had the same ammonia reading around .25. PH is currently sitting at 7 which is odd for my water. Normally It’s pretty consistently 6.7 (according to...

There is no chloramine added to the water, I am on well water.it is a planted tank, picture attached. Only difference is the Harlequins have been relocated.

I do weekly water changes and rinse the media in the water from the water change once a month.

Thank you very much! part of the reason I've been considering building a reservoir is because I do currently fill with buckets. it's horrible LOL I want to build a top off setup but it would just be used for water changes. have a tank/tub below at the ready to pump the water is after a change.

tank has been up almost 2 years. 120 gallon 5 Angel fish and 4 Blue Rainbow fish

I have API Freshwater Master as well as Seneye. these results are from the API kit

Hey all, I have an established aquarium, I did a 25% water change yesterday and it spiked the ammonia to around .25. I have tested my tap water regularly and never detected ammonia before yesterday. After the spike I re-tested my tap water and there is absolutely ammonia in the water now. it...

I'm happy to say that my fish are very active, acting and breathing normal and were very hungry this morning. Water parameters are all back to normal. With losing the 2 fish I was worried I was headed towards a disaster.

Thank you, I don’t run my CO2 all the time. I have it turn off at 7pm and on at 9am. I will add the air stones to a timer when the CO2 is off