Recent content by guppiesandtetras

Thank you. It seems my predicament is the two species I bought (advised my the shop.. 😣) have conflicting water hardness requirements. Is there a middle ground? or can it only be ‘ideal’ for either the neons or the guppies 🤔

That’s super helpful, thank you again for the advice

Phew! So glad the ammonia situation is under control but I will test regularly to be sure. Can I just ask - Should I be doing daily tests for the time being? If so, how long for? Sad re the guppies in soft water 😔 If I could start over I’d be asking for fish species recommendations here first...

Morning, just wanted to post an update on my water parameters using the liquid test kit: Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 5ppm pH: 6.8 Then using test strips… KH: 40 GH: 30 Maybe there’s something I can add to the substrate to add minerals to the water to increase the water hardness?

Thank you - starting to wonder if sand was the best choice!! All part of the learning curve I guess 🤪

Thank you 😊

Thanks @emeraldking - such detailed and helpful advice given already. I’m really pleased I joined 🙂

I’m glad you enjoyed your visit to Cornwall. I feel fortunate to live in such a beautiful part of the world. Being near water has always been important to me (….perhaps that’s why I seem to end up sitting in my son’s room, watching his fish tank!) 😄

Fantastic, thank you and good idea with the turkey baster 😅

Will this kill the cherry shrimp?

Thanks @Colin_T I really appreciate you taking the time to reply. I’ll try and get some Flubendazole.

Thank you for replying and the post link. Feeling a bit out of my depth keeping these guys healthy and we’re only a few weeks in!! 😣 So - do I need to treat with.. Praziquantel? Levamisole? Or both? 🤔

Newbie alert! Is pale coloured poop always a bad sign? Some of my guppies are producing waste that seems long (in my very limited experience) but I noticed one that produced something of the same consistency but it was white (NOT stringy though). So - is anything pale or white the sign of a...

Please could someone help a complete novice with recommendations on keeping sand clean? The recent addition of guppies to our tank has massively increased the amount of waste matter accumulating at the bottom of the tank between weekly water changes (they poop for England!!) It seems to me...