Recent content by GunnyK

If he gets too big or aggressive, I will trade him in fore something else. I will be very attentive to him.

Thanks for the heads up. I will keep an eye out for it's behavior. I was also told that about the Flying Fox. It was actually more aggressive when it was smaller. Now that it's about 5+' long it is actually not that bad. But I might have to trade it in anyway because it is getting a bit too...

OK, I finally got my tank stabilized an healthy. The male pearl Gourami died a few days later. I do think it was due to the improper water quality at the time. I was not able to find anothet male but did find a young female. I also bought 2 DwarF Gouramis which for some reason only lasted about...

Just got my water hardness met.er. As measured now, the hardness is through the roof. But it is not conclusive because KMnO4 is highly conductive and is giving a false reading. I have been treating the tank for about 4 days now and I will stop tomorrow. I will do a 50% water change tomorrow and...

Well, so far so good and good news. I have been treating the tank with the KMnO4 and the fish are handling it fine. Now just wait and see how the Gourami will heal "hopefully".

It just dawned on me that I can use some KMnO4, (Potassium permanganate) in the water. Since I have no invertebrates in the tank it should kill any of these organisms. I bought two pounds of it some years ago to kill algae in my pond.

That is exactly what I was trying to do. I hope the salt helps. I first want to make sure the water quality is perfect. Which it seams to be. I will check the hardness as soon as my tester comes in. This is the reason I do not use tap water. I also just replaced my aerator to increase the oxygen...

I have one Pleco, Flying Fox and one Cory catfish. None of them pick on each other. It is a generally very peaceful tank. One notable thing I have noticed since this morning and i have started to add the salt (level of 1TBSp/5Gal). the Gourami appears to be a lot more active. I also noticed that...

I just ordered an electronic water hardness tester.