Recent content by Holyship26

thanks. I’ve currently turned off the filter in fear of doing more damage. Should I turn it on and just let the sludge completely empty out?

Hi guys Was doing my weekly water change and as I normally do I turned off the filter. After water change was completed, I turned the filter back on and the nozzle released a huge amount of brown sludge back into the tank. How do I rectify this? Please help.

Than thanks again for all the great advice. So if I do choose to let her give birth in the current community tank, do you think I've got enough plants in there right now for some of the fry to survive? (see attached photo). They were mostly hiding at the time of the photo but in the tank, I've...

Thank you. Really appreciate the detailed response. I was actually strongly considering the breeder net. I do have a spare tank but it’s not cycled and worried she’ll likely drop the fry before I can get it fully cycled. If I just let nature take course and she drops the fry in the current...

I can’t see a gravid spot but I can see dots like eggs in her stomach from the back where it’s almost transparent. She’s definitely not ill and I only feed them once a day so I don’t think it’s a case of overfeeding.

Hi guys, I’m seeking confirmation on whether this platy is pregnant and if so an approximate timeframe for when she’ll drop the fry. Here are some photos Thanks!

Awesome, thanks for confirming this

Yep 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite after 24 hours of adding a full ammonia dose up to 3ppm.

Hi guy, I just finished cycling my tank after close to 90 days. At the end of it with nitrate levels of 80ppm I conducted a 100% water change. After the water change I re-tested the parameters and everything looks good except for Nitrite levels showing at 0.25ppm. So I tested my water...