Recent content by jumpjet

You have no idea how much I appreciate your help & patience ! Tried to return the chichlids to the pet store - to no avail - INSTEAD insisted i buy ANOTHER 55gal tank and start a separate gaggle altogether, and boy did they have a group of fish to sell me today !!!! On the upside, found the...

thanks for the advice on the extensive research needed - then cycling length was suggested by a friend who's kept fish for awhile. yes, the entire process included me practically living at the pet store asking everyone questions. the day i went in to buy the fish, the manager sold me the entire...

The algae eater is the 3rd pic you provided - pleco, looks just like this the nitrite, nitrate, pH, hardness, etc was tested repeatedly at the purchasing store - as well as the number/type of fish for the tank....why does it seem like i would have received better advice from my 7 year old then...

yes, cycled the tank about 4 times over the course of 6 days

Hello - have my first tank - prepped last week and stocked this week. pH was checked and ok, no algae problems to date. Left for dinner this evening, after feeding the "kids" returned to find 2 of the 3 tiger barbs dead, one missing both eyeballs, the other missing just one (oddly he was hidden...