Recent content by Emzmom

Thanks to you all! Will be starting another fishless cycle with ammonia per the great instructions in the Beginner section. I'm also getting my own testing kit. That ammonia is a fast killer - it took a few weeks before and less than 24 hours this time. This was supposed to be a pet trial for my...

Thanks Earthgnome and dh058977! Poor quality guppies makes sense. I got them at PetSmart and they do have a guarantee, but I don't want to kill any more fish. My Ammonia went from 0 to .25 mg/L in about 18 hours. Nitrates and Nitrates stayed at 0. pH is in normal parameters. dh - I did not add...

New to fish and did the whole new tank, new fish all at once. Learned my lesson and then found this awesome forum! After a multitude of dead fish, decided to start from scratch. Did a fishless cycle for 3 weeks. Got predictable results as per this forum (cloudy water, then clear). Took water...