Recent content by BrittainT.Stephenson

Test kit is here!   And I found my issue, though it's the last thing I would've expected and not really sure what to do to fix it.    My ammonia was under .25ppm Nitrite was under .25 ppm Nitrate was was about 0 ppm   However my pH tested at about 8.2    I'm not really sure how this happened or...

I got the ammonia reading from a tetra ammonia strip :/ they gave me a couple for free at the store. All out now and didn't feel like digging the used on out of the trash for a pic.   Nitrate is probably 10-20 mg/L   Nitrite is 0 mg/L   Hardness is probably about 100 GH   Chlorine is 0 mg/L  ...

Thanks for all the replies, and so fast you guys are great. My day off is wednesday, I'll buy an API kit then. Just to add some some info and answer some questions I've been using test strip, also so has the petstore. Originally ammmonia was high around 4ppm that made sense since over stocking...

Yea I figured the tank wasn't properly cycled and am pretty upset at my local shop  for letting me make that mistake.      The tank should be cycled by now though right? it's been running for 10 weeks.    Also the little comet feeder fish I reported dead last night isn't actually dead. He was...

Sorry to double post but if you think it might help I took some pretty Hi-res photos of my goldfish casualty. I could upload.

Hello everyone, first an introduction. I had fish from about the age of 7 though about 18... As far as I can remember the same 3 fish, 1 plant and somewhere between 1-1000 snails that invaded my tank, exploded in population and then all died leaving a graveyard of shells to decorate my 10 gallon...