Recent content by Skyelar Lattimore

Is this okay? It’s cheaper than play sand as I don’t want more than one tank’s worth of sand. I don’t plan on having other tanks.

Why do pet stores suck lol. How do I get the sand in there? And should I keep some of the gravel on like one side or something to keep bacteria in there or can I just clean the whole tank and keep my filter pads the same? So the plants help the cycle to where the filter isn’t doing all the work...

I’m not going to get another Molly, I know that. So what am I supposed to do with the iron I have? I bought it and have barely used it. What tank mates do you recommend for soft water? The thing about floating plants is that it makes tanks look really dirty, and that would bother me. This is...

Okay, I will try doing as you say. What plants do you recommend? I had a Crypt last time and it died because I was told that I didn’t have to take it out of the basket. Obviously, that was wrong info. I also have iron supplement bottle that I can use though not sure how it works. I tend to have...

How much play sand is needed? I might do it at some point but only if it doesn’t cause any problems and is easy to clean. Would it not get sucked up in a gravel vacuum or be washed away with water when cleaning it via cup?

I understand the gravel part though I can’t afford a $25 back of sand right now. And I was feeding the frog blood warms by tweezers every other day until I left the tank to go home for a week With only a seven day fish food thing in the tank which the fish munched on but probably not the frog. I...

I always use the dechlorinater known as Prime The substrate is normal big gravel. I used to do a 50% water change every week but now with a broken vacuum, I do a 30% every week. Though a few days ago, I did a 50% because my frog died and was decomposing while I was gone for the entire week. (I...

Okay, I got a lot of information back. Their average levels are as followed. hardness: 45 my per liter Ph- 9.2 (horrible) Ammonia- .08-.13 though my faucet gives .5 or so last time I checked Nitrite- Below .01 (I always have 0 anyway) Nitrate- below .1 (usually at 5 or below) Chlorine- 2.5 I...

I really can’t afford adding anything to the tank. Last time I had a plant, my tank had 8+ ammonia for three weeks so now I’m scared to have plants. Inconclusive ph means every time I check the ph in either one of my tanks, the high ph says the lowest of 7.4 and the regular ph says the highest...

Yeah, I can’t afford that. What I need to do is take some of my water to petco and have them check all the levels. Especially Ph, since I know my test kit doesn’t give that accurately.

I don’t think it’s boredom. I mean, he was only just put back in the tank so everything is new to him again after having been in a different tank for two weeks. Know what I mean? But yeah that makes sense. After a few more days, I’ll put him back in. Though even a 50% water change takes forever...

Stress would have torn a section of his fins overnight? I put him in the half gallon without a heater though I’m worried now that he’s freezing. The thing is, I read that with salt medication, I have to change 100% of the water every day while adding salt and I do not want to do that with a 6...

Sadly, my fish died in less then 12 hours after I first noticed his problems. The ammonia is only .25 and has been that exact number for the last five months, having never changed. I’ve never seen my water at 0 ammonia since having the tank started in May of this year. No matter what I do, it...