Recent content by Havvie

Thanks guys, that makes me feel better. I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't something obvious that I was overlooking because I was upset. Against my better judgement I bought Pinky from a local petstore chain in a little cup with lots of sickly looking fish around because I loved his...

Yes, I tested it right after I found him and took him out :(

  Yes I cycled it properly, following the instructions on this forum. PH is between 7.5 and 8.0, see above for other water details. I use the liquid Nutrafin Master Test Kit.

Hey all,   Sad day, I went to clean my 5 gallon betta tank to find my dear Pinky had died I have only had him for two weeks and he has been happy as a clam the whole time, including this morning when I fed him. He was his usual perky self around 10am this morning, swimming excitedly when I...

  Sorry for your loss kevcann :(

Thanks for the replies! I have the Nutrafin master test kit. Right now I am just feeding flake food. The rummy nose with the white spot died overnight a couple days ago, he was acting completely normal when I checked on them before bed but the next morning he was dead :( I googled columnaris...

Update: As I was leaving the house I checked on the gourami again and I noticed his poop was stringy and white, this would indicate he has some sort of parasite, right?

Hey all,   I'm hoping someone can offer some advice, I've only had fish in my tank for just under two weeks and already I am having problems :( I did a fishless cycle that took me just over five weeks, and I haven't had any ammonia or nitrite readings since I put the fish in. Yesterday I noticed...

Hi all!   I have almost completed my first fishless cycle in my 46 gallon tank and I am excited to finally get some fish in there! My ph is between 8.0 and 8.5 on my test chart, and that seems to have limited my options a bit as most common fish I see, seem to prefer it a bit lower. I'm looking...

Thanks RRaquariums! I figured that's what I should do, just wanted to make sure there wasn't anything else I needed to do. I don't know why the eggs grossed me out so much but they sure did!

Hey guys,   Looking at my tank today I noticed something floating on top of the water, there are dozens of little clusters of what appears to be eggs? I just set my tank up and put plants in it a week ago, and I know there were snails in the same tank as the plants I got so that is my first...

Hey all,   Sorry for this completely stupid question, everyone else seems to know how to measure the ammonia, I must be missing something. I see that 1 ppm = 1mg per 1 litre, correct? So if I have a 46 gallon/174 litre tank and I want to dose 2 ppm to see how much ammonia my plants will use up...