Recent content by ShannonKoletti

Not to be rude but I created this thread in seek of help for ammonia, not to be told who can’t go with who, I’m already aware of the risks and don’t need to be told that I have stocking issues?.. I already stated I knew the complications and risks of having a betta in a community tank. My PH is...

Just with the powder gradually, my PH has been stable at 6.8 for about a week now no issues at all not even with the constant water changes or new plants/pots so it’s all good, hasn’t budged. I know fighting fish are heavily not recommended but my guy just argues with his own reflection or...

Little update, Yesterday morning my Ammonia was at 0.50ppm still, I fed the fish then did a large water change about 8 hours later. I pulled out all of my plants and ornaments, upturned the sand then cleaned out all gunk and debris, added seachem prime to the new water as well as liquid...

Okay thank you so much for all your help I really appreciate it, hopefully my tank starts working soon so I can admire it and not just stress about it. Never had this many problems with a tank before. I just bought Water Sprite online from a super sketchy site that hopefully won't steal my...

Okay, thank you.. so I should be doing big water changes every 2nd day after I feed? I'm worried about killing bacteria whilst water changing. I heard that it's better to have a lower PH so I did drop it a bit, only one step so it wouldn't freak out anyone and it's safe enough for all my fish...

It went up to about 1.0ppm, I fed them this morning then did a 70% water change, added Nutrafin Cycle and and my Blue Planet Water Conditioner, waited about 3 hours then tested the water.. it's down to 0.50ppm again. What can I do for the filter? It's all flowing out fine, there's gunk already...

Ammonia is still at 0.50ppm.. does that mean my established filter media just isn’t working? I haven’t fed them for a couple days now and there’s nothing decaying in there.. Will do a water change today and head out to buy duckweed.

The filter is just a stock Aqua One filter that came with a tank.. it's a top filter that has a pipe that shoots water down from about 10 different points into a sponge layer, beneath the sponge layer is a filter carbon cartridge layer and then beneath that is where I put ceramic ring filter...

Okay thank you. This morning I went to check my ammonia and lo and behold.. I’ve forgotton to plug the filter back in. My ammonia is now at 0.50ppm.. don’t think I’m cut out for this fish keeping business. Should I do another water change now or wait until my filter maybe does the job? The...

Okay thank you so much I really appreciate all your help. It's only slightly cloudy now it's gotten a bit better but still isn't going away. My fish seem constantly hungry I feel so bad, I have frozen bloodworms but have been feeding them just tropical flakes, would the frozen bloodworms be...

Drats, I've gone and done a 50% water change before reading your response.. I added the ammonia neutraliser and water conditoner into the fresh water, let it rest and it actually read as 0ppm (yesterday it was 0.25ppm) so I'm hoping this will lower my ammonia even further, tomorrow will test...

I just got home, checked my PH, and it's still at 0.25? Should I do another water change or let my new filter media kick in to rid of it?

There’s a few different ones you can buy of the aqua one ammonia neutraliser, my one only deals with ammonia. You can buy the one that deals with chlorine as well but I didn’t get that one.

Oh well at least my plants are happy! This morning I tested my water and it was at 0.25ppm.. maybe even a bit lower. I removed some fish and took them to my big tank, and removed filter media and put it into my new tank! Hopefully it’s on the mend

Sorry for posting so often but I think I have a new issue.. there’s little air bubbles coming off of my plants? I’m not sure what the particular plant is but it looks like parsley. Is this bad?