Recent content by Pie[]

Thanks! FishForums.net looks like a great resource and community. If I could edit!.. I'd add in that my Nitrates are at ~10ppm (mg/L), Nitrites are at 0.25 ppm (mg/L) and to be more specific about ph I'd wager by the strips that it is 8.5 due to such hard water. I'll be attempting to fix the...

Yeah it's a shame he had to go. He was quickly becoming my favorite. Oddly enough, I still can't locate that edit button. I only see quote and reply buttons. Perhaps it's because I just joined up and I'm "validating".

pammy172, I didn't see your post until just a second ago. The tank is a 20 gallon hexagonal style with a large whisper filter, a whisper air pump and air stone (a recent addition, its cool to see the fish play in the bubbles), one Amazon Sword plant, 2 fake plants, some rocks and a cave thingey...

Well turns out he's in fishy heaven. I'm not sure what the problem was but it's possible this just wasn't a suitable environment for him. I run a relatively cool tank between 68-72F depending on how long the light has been on. Apparently my heater died too. The water is a little on the alkaline...

There's the shot. Though it may not look it, his colors look bright and all and he was swimming around as usual when I went to bed. I'll see if I can coax him to move. Thanks for the reply.

I'm pretty new to the hobby, I've kept roughly 8 fish for a year now and I'm slowly finding my way. I recently added a Neon Dwarf Gourami to the tank about 1.5 weeks ago so I'm still figuring out his behavior. He's been marvelous ever since we got him but I woke up this morning to find him...