Recent content by clairev

Okay, I just did a 40% water change and yes, the water in the bucket is green, in fact when I was siphoning out from the gravel, it was going up the vac really green, so it looks like the algae growth was under the gravel too. I wonder if I should turn the air stone off, the problem is that...

The snail eggs??? What do I do with them? How much of a water change? Any gravel cleaning? The kit is an API Freshwater master test kit. The tank is not near a window, decorations are fake plants, fake coral, fake castle. One live plant. ph of my tap water was about 7.2 on the chart.

Okay, Hi, thanks for all the comments. Right I bought the fancy water test kit. Nitrates no2 and NO3, ammonia where good, but my ph was way high and the high range ph was high. Not sure what they are or mean, but I am off to buy some ph lowerer this afternoon. I have left the lights off since...

Hi, I set the tank up in March, left it to cycle for a week then I put the platys in from my smaller 10 gallon tank (where I left the fry). I added more fish slowly over the next month and all was well....until the end of May when I left my husband in charge while I was out of town for a month...

Hi, I have a 40 gallon tank that just will not clear up, it started clouding up in May, I have tried everything, cleaned it, water changes, left it completely alone for 3 weeks, 20% water changes every 2 weeks, changed filters once a month leaving part of the old filter behind. The fish are all...