Recent content by michelle767

Hi, thanks a lot for the response. I'll be sure to wait a full two weeks then just to make sure the ich life cycle is over and then do as you suggested. Going to do it right this time.

Okay, so I did the unthinkable…fishy cycling…not once, but twice. I'm not proud of this. Lost my fish both times and I swear I will never attempt it again. So, what I’ve done now is acquire a cycled 20L from a breeder…I took none of his water, but had his gravel, filter, sponge, rocks, and...

Wow, thanks for the super fast response...and the advice... -The Amquel would be used to dechlorinate the water if I did a water change. The water around here is notoriously high in chlorine and I'm afraid if I added water without the Amquel it would kill the fish. But from everything I've...

This post is really detailed, but I figure the more info the better... After experiencing my first tank disaster a few weeks ago when my swordtail gave birth to about 30 fry (all but three were either eaten or sucked up the filter) and then shortly after the tank developed a horrible, rapidly...

Update: When I went to bed last night, it looked like she had had somewhere around 30 fry (at least, that's approximately how many I estimated to be in the tank.) This morning they were about 15 or so. And this evening about 8 are left. But I'm actually pretty confident that the ones left...

I've been reading over the posts in the forum so I wouldn't ask questions that have already been answered...hopefully this won't be too redundant. So about a week ago, my bf and I, after talking about it for awhile, bought a 29g tank (from someone who was selling her whole setup...gravel...