Recent content by marginator007

So, just ran out and got an API ammonia test kit, and it looks like my ammonia levels are around 0.5-0.6 ppm in the tank the fish were dying in. Is this high enough to poison them? That being said, now that I have no fish in the affected tank (they're in the new one with good levels of...

I did a large water change (70%ish) after removing the fantails and waited...hm. Probably 3-5 days before adding in guppies because I also had to put a heater in and get the temp stable. I checked levels this morning, as I said earlier, and nitrite/nitrates were rising. Did my 25% water change...

Sorry, I currently don't have a way to test ammonia level. I just checked levels again, both nitrite and nitrate are up a hair, like around 10 ppm for nitrate and .5-.7 ppm nitrite. I'm assuming ammonia levels correlate with these readings? The filter change was...normal? The old carbon filter...

For this area's water, parameters are fairly normal. High pH, very soft water. pH is up around 8 (yes I tried lowering in the past, it doesn't work and the fish don't mind the higher pH too much). Nitrites are at zero, Nitrates are just barely above zero. Temp is a stable 77 F. The tank has been...

I've had my guppies in an established tank for close to a month now, and they've been perfectly fine. I introduced a hong kong pleco last week, but it acted weird and died within 36 hours. I thought maybe it died because of stress since it took the fish guy literally 10 minutes to get the poor...