Recent content by LadySamsara

Greeting l_l_l and thank you once again for your expertise~!  I will nix the femme Bettas, I do not want any injuries in my tank.  The whole purpose of a tank is sereneity and peace, not injury :(.    The one male Betta is definitely an option, I am a sucker for them, have been keeping them...

Thank you for the information l_l_l_....I was not sure how many to put in.  I'll also be adding a mystering snail and a few ghost shrimp so I thought at least 4 females would not be too much fish for the tank, but I will do five, what's one more? :)  I am only talking about a 10 gallon tank (I...

Thank you to the_lock_man and l_l_l for your replies.  I am going on vacation in a week, and will not be setting the tank back up until I return.  I will take another look at them and see how they look.  I need some more supplies anyway, so they really aren't an expensive thing to rebuy.  But -...

Greetings all,   I haven't had a working tank since 2007.  I boxed up all of my fish paraphernalia, which included filter media and carbon which have been kept separately in ziploc bags.  Neither have a bad smell or look funny, like they are falling apart - they both look normal.  My question is...

Fish Herder - I do appreciate you taking the time to offer your help, thank you.  The closest place (Petsmart) for me to get a new gravel cleaner is about 20 miles away - I'll be going Friday and I'll remove the water on Fri. or Sat.  Do you know if it's allright if I keep everything in place...

Thank you so much for your help, it is most appreciated.  I also had a bubble stone going, I read in one of the fishless cycling that lots of oxygen helps the cycling.  I just hope I do it right this time!   Thank you.

About 1 1/2 months ago I tried the fishless cycle.  I was not successful and since I am going on vacation soon, I turned everything off and the water is still sitting in the tank.  I have the link here explaining the cycle and I will try again when I return from vacation.  Do I have to remove...

Greetings The current Mrs Treguard,   Thank you for directing me to the website I need.  As a moderator, I know that you have lots of experience in fishkeeping.  Do you think I should check nitrites a few more days or start over?   Thank you again for your help! D

I am using Quick Dip Ammonia and Jungle 5-N-1 Test Strips.   The reading now is .5ppm...I was keeping it at about 5, because the website I got the directions from said to keep the ammonia at 5.0 ppm.  Are you saying it should be kept at 3.0 ppm when adding the ammonia?  Do you know where I would...

I started a fishless cycle on a 10 gallon tank about a month ago.  I was following the instructions and adding the ammonia to keep it at about .5ppm.  Unfortunately, my Father, who is very ill, wound up in the hospital and for about 5 days ( last week) I didn't add any ammonia or follow the...