Recent content by redbourn

Thank you both! Michael

My 35 gallon freshwater tropical aquarium has been up and running for about 4 months and I last did a 25% water change a month ago. Low to medium stocked. Fish are all healthy and no fatalities for months. I just tested ammonia = seems to be 0 but is way less than .6 Nitrites = seems to be a...

Thanks for the reply - please see my reply to Monty. A couple of observations: I had a tropical fish store back in the mid-70s but never saw the pink danios that exist today. Irradiated I believe ;-) I felt that one of my two angel fish was attacking other fish and isolated him/her in a net...

Thanks for the reply! Once or twice a week sounds incredibly excessive if one wants to keep water quality stable?! Maybe you're making your life a little more difficult than is necessary? I kept fish as a teenager for several years (50 years ago but fish haven't changed much) and I used to...

hi, I started up a 35 gallon freshwater aquarium a month ago and recently added fish and all seems well. There's an internal filter and an under-gravel filter. The ph is around 7.6 and nitrite and ammonia are almost invisible. I know that stable water quality is really important and wonder...