Recent content by katienewbettakeeper

Thanks for replying! I did consider just getting more root tabs but I’ve been wanting to try out aquasoil since so many people use it, I already ordered it so I’m pretty committed haha. Thanks for the recommendation on where to order guppies, I’ve heard lots of horror stories about guppies with...

Hi all, I currently have a 2 and a half year old ten gallon planted tank that’s way over do for an overhaul. It has an elderly betta and a colony of cherry shrimp that I can move into an empty five gal I have. I’ve been keeping nothing but bettas since I started fish keeping a few years ago and...

I’m trying the salt, unfortunately didn’t see your comment yesterday and ended up moving him to a quarantine 3gal. unfortunately I think the temp dropped overnight and stressed him out even more. I have a heater in there set to 78, but heavy aeration plus no lid dropped it to like 72, I didn’t...

I’m freaking out, it started as a little fuzz on his fin yesterday and today his dorsal fin is practically falling apart!!! What should I do???? I have a few meds on hand, I have a 3gal tank I could probably set up as a quarantine? But I’m not sure what to treat him with??? Water parameters...

Yay! I read that endlers are hardier so I might do them instead, I don’t have any good fish stores near me. It’s either PetSmart or ordering online for me. If you have any recommendation for places to buy fish online that would be helpful!

So, I’ve only kept bettas but I’m wanting to branch out. I have very hard water and recently learned guppies do good in hard water! So I definitely wanna try them I’m thinking of doing a 20 gallon, heavily planted tank. For stocking I want to do all males, because I don’t want to deal with...

Yep the softener is back on now, not sure exactly why it was off. I tested the tap again, gh was basically 0. Kh around 15 dKH. Thanks for letting me know about the nutrients. Would just quitting using the softened water fix that problem, or should I get new fertilizer? My unsoftened water has...

I retested the tap today and gh was 1-2 at most, and kh was 15. So, the softener is clearly back on. I tested the outside faucet as well, weather was pretty mild today, and it was 21 dGH and around 15 dKH.

My plants are growing surprisingly well, but I have noticed that my anubias have slightly crinkled leaves which could point to a calcium deficiency like you mentioned. I had assumed it was because I have a lot of fast growing plants that sucked it up first.

Well, since I probably won’t be using my tap water since it’s run through a softener wouldn’t I have to just test the bottled spring water’s gh and kh and adjust accordingly how much I dilute it? I went ahead and tested the gh and kh of the tap anyways, Gh is around 20 dGH and kh is around 15...

I keep bettas which prefer soft water, so I suppose I’ll go with the dilution route. As for the softened water… my biggest concern was actually the lack of minerals, but now I’m worried about the sodium too. The problem with the outside faucet is that the water freezes and won’t come out. If I...

I’m not sure exactly how to find the gh and kh… I do know the water in my area is considered very hard, 22gpg Thing is, my water is run through a water softener so not sure how that plays into this. Usually I use water from the hose for my aquariums since that’s the only faucet not run through...