Recent content by danilykins

Sounds like a good plan. I understand now.. thanks for the patients... now do I still have to worry about fish loss? since I am moving from a 10 to 30 the tank is rather, naked... what would you recommend to stock it with? The PH is good right now, i would not like to change it. I do want to get...

OK that makes sense. Yeah I have been in tank communities online for a while now, I understand the unspoken word of, don't ask until you read the material LOL. Its just I have one community/friends telling me not to move them over yet and then I have you saying it is fine to move them over lol...

Ok.. I thank you for all your help. I have read them already and just trying to understand. If I need anything else Ill ask :)

Ok, I tested the 10gal and it *might* be at .25 for ammonia. Ive got lots of plants in there, so that might be causing the Ammonia to stay down. While I was in there, I took some ornaments and a fake plant over to the new tank to help a bit.

hmm... thats interesting about moving the fish over to the big tank. So if I have plants and filter media from the 10gal tank, the guppies and snail will be fine in the 30gal tank? Right now I have a bubble wand and some plants in the 10gal tank along with decor and the fish/snail. I really...

Right now the plan is to move the guppies to the large tank when the tank is ready. I haven't had too many problems with the guppies. I have 5 male guppies. I have noticed that one of them seems to be getting picked on by another one, just chasing and circling, but Im not sure if this is play...

Hey :) Still somewhat new here. I have some questions for you guys. I just got a 30gallon tank yesterday and used Activ Flora substrate and I am buying some plants to place in there this after noon. How long do you think it will take to cycle? I did readings today and Ph is 7.4 AM between 0-.25...

Thanks everyone!!! I have a 10gal tank. The past couple of weeks had been crazy (holidays *sigh*) so I was only doing surface water changes, so it wasn't really a surprise to find the planaria in the tank due to excess food. Ive done a good cleaning of the rocks recently and removed almost...

I had platys and I thought they liked it a bit high. Well my 7 year old is really upset because now our tank is pretty much empty. He wants to go get some new fish today. So I will probably go to the LFS and get something. He wants to get some x ray fish, but Im not crazy about those. I really...

yesterday evening i tested my water. Ph 7.8 Am 0 NI 0 NA 5 (which I don't understand why?) temp 78 for the first time in a month the water is actually clear. my sick platy hasn't had any changes he still kinda just lays there, looks better, lost some scales and has a red spot under were the...

LOL Thanks, Ive been "googling" tropical fish dealers for my area but havent really found anything. I have also searched craigslist and found free fish due to overpopulation/over breeding but nothing really about fish shops.

Thanks for the advice. We are thinking about it for a Christmas Present, but not sure if I can handle it just yet. Also, how do I find a good fish dealer around where I live? All we seem to have is Petco and Petsmart :/ would like to go to a smaller non chain dealer

I was wondering if apple snails eat Planaria? I ask because since I lost my apple snail, I seem to have these Planaria in my tanks :/

hubby and I have been talking about getting a larger tank, 50gal (we currently have a 10gal). Is it really hard going from a 10 to a 50? is there an easy way of getting it started (cycled) with using parts of my 10gal tank? I was also considering getting a couple female platys to breed to stock...

Did a gravel filter of about 25% of the water. during the change, I saw little white feathery things floating in the water. What is this? Could this be causing my fish issues? I was also thinking that the platy may not have ich, maybe gill flukes? Can someone please help me, I haven't been...