Recent content by Cary772

has discovered Melafix. My fish love it!

Bottled drinking water. My fish are doing much better. Gonna be more expensive than tap but worth it for my fishies. :)

Update on my tap water problems. I'm testing AquaSafe and a water conditioner by API. Now remember I can't buy liquid test kits here either. I'm using strips until I find a good online retailer. AquaSafe readings are Nitrate 40, Nitrite .5, GH 150, KH 300, pH 8.4+. API readings are Nitrate 20...

It's a small heater. Never gets over 74 degrees. Only because my house gets a little chilly during these Iowa winters. And I would take a picture but the only goldfish that will come see me when I come near the tank, Spot, doesn't have it, yet. If Spot gets it, he'll pose for a pic. He's a...

Since I'm going to pick up ich medicine, I'll see what else they have. They have changed a lot of what they carry in this area and they don't have the stuff I've been using for my Bettas anymore. But I'm not adding tap water until I test it. I still think it would be easier to find a reputable...

All I have here is a Walmart and all I can buy is the strips. I'm gonna have to look into buying supplies online. They have been doing good in this tank other than the ich but I was worried it would be a little small. I also have a 10 gallon that just has 2 danios in it. It has had ammonia...

Our city water is notoriously bad. Sometimes smells like sewer and a lot of people here won't even drink it. If I use it for my fish, the ph levels are off the chart and my fish don't make it 12 hours in the stuff. I've treated it with everything available here to no avail. Also, I have no fish...

Here's the set up. 4 goldfish. 5 gallon tank with filter, air stone, heater (runs about 74 degrees) and it's still cycling. Two of the goldfish are showing signs I believe are ick. I've had bettas with this but not in a new tank. I hate to add medication to a new tank. One fish has a patch of...

I just did a 50% water 2nd time today. Nitrites are good. Ammonia was .40 ppm before I changed water this time but that was much lower than yesterday. Ph was a little high but should come down with the water change. My last two danios are happily swimming and playing at the top of the tank. I do...

Thank you. I lost the sluggish little guy during the night but the other two are still hyper and playing with each other. I will up my water changes to 50% and keep testing. My PH is a little low, 6.4, but I'm using distilled water. My tap water will not support fish no matter what I do. I'm...

I recently fell in love with the Danios. I know now that I should cycled my new tank without fish, stupid newbie that I am. But I set up a 10 gallon tank and added 6 zebra danios. I've lost 3. So I did a 25% water change hoping to bring ammonia and nitrate levels down. I know it will make...