Recent content by TaterbugTwins

Thank you, That is what I thought. I have continued treatment. I figured it was safer to try it then let the Ick grow like crazy.

Okay, I have had a thread going in the fish emergencies. I had ammonia poisoning and lost a ton of fish. I have been working though that, have the ammonia at zero, and my fish I have left seem to be doing good. They all had Ick, and as of yesterday, I am not seeing Ick on any of them. I have...

I finally have my ammonia reading at zero! I went and got the new test kit and it is reading perfect! I have not lost any more fish since that night. The Ick is looking much better. The only thing I really have going on now that I am not treating for is, my mollies have a white film around...

I went to the store tonight and bought an ammonia kit. I came home and tested the water and it came back as zero. However, when I got to looking, the test kit expired in APRIL 2011. I am so ticked. I called them and i will take it back tomorrow and get another one. I hope it is right, but I...

Here are my new water test results also. NITRATE- 20 NITRITE- 0 HARDNESS- 120 ALKINITY 120 PH 7.6

Okay, I have done a huge water change. I took it down to where the fish had just enough water to swim. I kept the temp where it was, checking it as I refilled it. I added the water conditioner to the water as I added it in to the tank. Should I add any stress coat? Does the declorinator have...

Dechlorinated water is just tap water with some 'tap safe' or 'aqua safe' or some name like that added to it. If the filters were previously used, but then left in a tank with no fish, then I'm afraid the bacteria will have died off (although the fact you have a reading for nitrite suggests that...

I do not have a way to get out right now and get anything. My husband is gone with the car. Would changing the water with tap water be better than nothing, or would it just cause more problems?

Where would I get dechlorinated water? For cycling, my cousin did some stuff to my tank. He started it with filters that had previously been used and said that was good for the bacteria. :( The poor fish.

Help! I think I have every fish disease under the sun right now. I set up a new tank. Let it cycle for 4 weeks and then hit a pet store for some cheap fish. I added in about 25 fish at one time (really stupid, I realize now) and they were all fine for the first week. In the last week, I have...

So far so good. He is still doing good. swimming around, eating, etc. I just checked my levels again and the ammonia is 1.0 so I am doing another water change, everything else is perfect. I also took out a couple plants that were from my brothers other tank. They were pretty nasty when I got...

Ha, I know how that is. I say 100 times I am going to bed, but I never make it. Thanks again for all the help. He is swimming about a little bit now.

OKay Tap water: PH- 7.4 Nitrites-0 Nitrates-0 Ammonia-0 Thank you so much for the help. Hopefully my guy is as harty as everyone says cichlids are.

OKay, I added in the air pump and stone. The fish is by the stone now. Hopefully this will help. Thanks for the help. I am going to read some more threads.

My PH changed after my water change. Is that normal? I am getting ready to go buy another air pump right now. Luckilly I live a mile from kmart, so I can get what i need fast. My test kit says nitrate needs to be under 40, so is the 10 bad? The filter never dried out. We took it from his...