Recent content by rymo

I'm only a few months into my first tank. I have a nice meat thermometer that I use and get the temp within a couple degrees of my tank. Why not, right?

Six weeks later — look how my aquarium has transformed! Third photo is from my original post. Added a few neon tetra (up to 7 now), an assortment of plants, and today I got a male platy (named him Plato). The snails have been thriving and reproducing too. Super happy with everything so far. My...

Thanks! I haven’t kept fish as an adult. We had a family fish tank when I was a kid, and I had a leopard gecko for 15 years after that. It’s a 10 gallon tank, so I wouldn’t have more than 10 tetra. I’m just trying to limit the number I start with in case I royally mess something up and they...

Thanks for the reply! Snail poo, makes sense. If these tetras are happy next week, I’ll get 3 more :)

Hello, everyone. Glad to be a member here! A week ago I got my first used tank - full set-up, already cycled and scaped, with plants and snails. Yesterday I added three neon tetras and pothos seedlings. I’m trying to troubleshoot a few things but there’s so much information out there and I’m...