Recent content by fishyinillinois

Thanks, all, for the help and advice. I'm off to the pet store for a new heater and to get the water tested--twelve hours after arrival home, it still looks yellow and brackish. We'll definitely be doing 20 percent changes or so for the foreseeable future, as much as the fish can stand. My...

The filter we changed has charcoal in it. The fish are definitely stressed--although the swordtails aren't listless anymore, they're swimming real energetically, much more so than normal. Read the cycle post. When we first set the tank up, we put in five hardy fish (zebra something-or-other, as...

We returned from vacation tonight and found that the woman who was taking care of our house took it upon herself to clean our 20-gallon aquarium. She told my girlfriend over the phone that she'd just changed water. Well... The water that was crystal clear when we left is now yellow (looks like a...