Recent content by Shara

no the nitrites. they get tropical fish flakes and a couple pellets for the cories. the pellets are new though

is the red stripe on the neons still vibrant red. yes Any signs of darting, erratic swimming, flicking and rubbing, excess mucas, or laboured breathing. no Do any fish look thin or bloated. definitly no thin. bloated...maybe? they've grown in length and width since I got them but I thought they...

No specs of white that I can see. I got them last spring. April I think

I just lost the second today. I have a 10g aquarium with five (now) neons and two cories. Tank is about eight months old. Did a fishless cycle then added the neons. Cories were added a couple months ago. About a month after that I started seeing tiny snails. Have done nothing to get rid of...

I have a 10g freshwater tank but was wondering if I can put naturally tumbled (smooth) shells or rocks in the tank? Or driftwood if it's all been sterilized? What are the rules??

Thanks :) I've done two 50 - 60% water changes in the last day and the nitrites are at o at the moment. I lost two fish though :( I was going to take them all back but my daughter has been sick and I haven't been able to get out. <sigh> The other six look quite happy though and are busy and...

I did fishless cycling and started three weeks ago. The method where you add ammonia until it recovers quickly and has a zero ammonia reading within 8 hours. Last tuesday mine would get rid of 4-5 ppm of ammonia within eight hours. It did that two days in a row and the nitrates had dropped and...

It wasn't a whole week. Five or six days. I'm using the API master kit. This one: http://www.petguys.com/-317163010340.html

Ok i redid the test and now the colour looks more like 1 ppm. I wish those colour charts were easier to read. <sigh> Anyway, I did a 10% water change and will check it all again tomorrow and hopefully it's better. I'm worried about that one little fish :(

So I cycled my tank and last week we were getting zero readings within 8 hours of putting ammonia in. The nitrites had also dropped and were at zero. Yesterday I put 8 neon tetras in the tank (10g) and they all seemed really happy. Today I did all the tests and everything is normal except the...

Well this aren't the best shots lol but my tank has cycled and I just added eight neons today. And two corkscrew val. I had added a jungle val and java moss while it was cycling but they dind't fare well as you can see. I"m not sure if I should just give up on them the jungle val's root still...

Thanks! Your tank is lovely. I took some pics and will post in a bit. :D I like the look of the pots. And it's nice to finally have a use for them

I have a dozen small terracotta pots lying around and I want to put them in my aquarium. Not all of htem. Just a few. My fish (I just bought today) don't have any real shelter other then my plants. I just want to know if it's safe to add them or do I need to test them first? I've just poured...

Hey thanks. That was helpful. I like the endler's livebearers as well. So pretty. I want a kind of bright 'flashy' fish because my 20-month old daughter is fish crazy he he. If you have livebearers what do you do with all the fish? It sounds like they reproduce pretty quickly. :o

I've had fish before but always the 'wrong' way. Whatever the people told me to do at petsmart I did. :o And ... with little success. In my defense I was a kid. So, now I've got a 10g tank. I've been fishless cycling for the last couple weeks and now the ammonia and nitrites are down to zero...