Recent content by cherryshrimp

My tap water comes laden with a hefty dose of 3ppm chloramine. I use de-chlorinator, so the end product is ammonium, right? I have terrible staghorn algae no matter what I do in my tanks, and I have read it is caused by ammonia. Is ammonium related to algae in any way? Thanks!

Here is the U.S. governments classification for hard water. 75 - 120 is considered ‘moderately hard’ and 120 - 150 is ‘hard’. So, water at 75-150ppm gH is DEFINITELY hard. And 150 does fantastic for guppies, in my experience.

Complete and utter nonsense mate. Do you speak from personal experience? What effects have you seen breeding guppies at 150ppm vs 200? My guppies Breed prolifically at 125-150ppm (7-8 dgH). They live long lives and produce 40-60 fry like clockwork every 30 days. I have a VERY hard time...

Guppy has stringy white poop this morning with a couple white bulges in the feces. Pics below. Should I treat with alternating Levamisole and Prazipro? Or wait and see what happens? Thanks for any advice!

Thats just how the Danios look, they have a white border on their fins. She's old, at least 3 years.

I’ve been trying to diagnose these problems for 6 months at least. It all started from either zebra danios or guppies from Petco I didn’t quarantine. I suspect the guppies since they have slowly died off, only 3 left now. Some died from bloating, some died from wasting away. Some developed...

Short background summary: One of my tanks is infected with tape worms, and I suspect the 45 gal has minor infections as well since I’ve seen some stringy poops. These tapeworms seem to have been infecting the fish for months with no symptoms. 2 weeks ago, I dosed Seachem Excel 3 days in a...