Recent content by GuppyMamma91

I'm upgrading my tank from a 30 gallon to a 75 and need some help. Mostly, I'm upgrading so that I can make a bit of a higher current for my butterfly hillstream loaches without blowing my guppies all over. (right now, it's just a 50gph small submersible pump. The HOB filter I have doesn't seem...

Thanks! All the fish I have would do better in harder water so I definitely want to stay that route if I can. I’m going to see what my options are that I can obtain locally this afternoon.

Thanks! My nitrates usually only spike to 40 when a fish dies, so I think now that I know I have soft water I should be able to keep them lower than 10 consistently. I made the terrible assumption that since I have a higher ph my water was hard :(

@AdoraBelle Dearheart @Slaphppy7 @Byron so apparently I do have soft water. I’ve used several test strips and they all measure 25/30ppm (which is about a 2dGH I think :( my kh is at about 180. These aren’t liquid tests so I’ll definitely confirm on Monday when I get the liquid tests in, but...

I have, but I still have no way of knowing if the ones online are reputable. Do you have any suggestions for good websites? I've just been too nervous to go through with an order. Plus, the shipping from who knows where kind of worries me.

Maybe so :( I wish we had a reputable breeder nearby. I have yet to find one.

I plan on keeping the small tank around as a hospital or quarantine tank

Absolutely any advice is welcomed! I'm still kind of new to this, but I'm throwing a lot of money out the window trying things that don't seem to work. I have a bunch of other fake plants, decorations, and a large piece of driftwood. I at least plan on putting the driftwood back in. The other...

Actually I found a few pictures I had taken of the aquarium and the cory cats. It's not the best quality, but you can see the general layout. I have a lot more decorations and fake plants, I just took them out because I was trying to rule those out as hurting the fish.

I'll get some pictures after work this afternoon. Thanks!

That's really sad :( I've gotten them from Petco primarily, but there is a mom and pop pet store a few towns over I like. I just hate buying fish from there because it's a 40 minute drive back home and I don't want to stress them out with that long of a drive. If they're better quality fish...

Generally about 3 or 4 days, but there are a couple that have lasted. I really hope it's a simple fix like that. I want to get some pretty more expensive ones, but certainly not going to do that yet. I do know that higher pH is generally harder water, so I kind of assumed my water was on the...