Recent content by jenjamin

thanks so much for all the help, I will definitely make sure I stay up on the water changes from now on...the tap water conditioner I'm using says it detoxifies heavy metals, removes chlorine, and breaks the chloramine bond. Do the ones you mentioned do more? Will I be fine using what I...

I've been horrible with my water changes lately, which I'm sure at least contributed to the problem, if not caused it...it's been about once every 2 weeks, and I've always done about 20%. I use api tap water conditioner in it. the lady at the fish store I've been going to instructed me to take...

didn't think about checking the ammonia/nitrite/nitrate from the tap water...ammonia and nitrite are both zero, however I'm getting the same reading for the nitrite as I did in the tank (5ppm) there is no algae growth, and have not seen any since I set the tank up this time I did not add any...

didn't think about checking the ammonia/nitrite/nitrate from the tap water...ammonia and nitrite are both zero, however I'm getting the same reading for the nitrite as I did in the tank (5ppm) there is no algae growth, and have not seen any since I set the tank up this time I did not add any...

I have a 20 gallon tank, fairly new, waited 3 weeks before adding fish, added 3 guppies, waited another 2 weeks and then added 2 gouramis...it's been at least a month since any fish were added...unfortunately I haven't been keeping up with water changes, and now both of the gouramis are dead...