Recent content by westtra

http://www.fishlore.com/Articles/SickFish.htm http://www.fishlore.com/Disease.htm i used the above link to help diagnose the problem i have just had with a 60l. still learning all this fishy stuff. Was the same as you all of a sudden lost a fish overnight after doing a water change then before...

Just a quick update. Looks like i cant differentiate 0ppm & 0.25 ppm very well. Went to lfs to get water checked and coming up zero. So time to get some new fishes.

Just tested my water after sitting out all night and ph is 7.8 on high range. I take it for water changes it would be advisable to get a couple large water drums and fill them the day before a water change so i'm not shocking the fish with big ph changes?

No betta was gone over 6 weeks ago and the same day the new filter went in after discussion with a more knowledgeable LFS.

Would like to put it in but due to small size of current tank I think it may be a bit too much and persuading the other half to remove the ornament she chose will be hard. Their will be no chance with the 2 year old and his sharks. I have been wondering if the ammonia is overfeeding but the...

don't know anyone that has a rain water drum but were next to sea so water ain't that clean that generally falls near us going by the state of the car etc after a shower. For RO water wluld getting one of those inline filters for tap water be sufficient as dont really want to be buying loads...

We'll going by what I've been reading took some bad advice from pets at home where we impulse bought a marina all in one 60l tank set up and on thier advice stuck some fish in after a few days. 5 guppies and 4 platys. 3 of the platys died and 1 guppy after about 2 weeks. Skip forward a few more...