Recent content by WhiteOranda

Sorry for the late reply, I didn't get a notification for some reason (?). Thank you for the tips about the filters! I used to keep mollies in a 100 liter (26 gallon) tank a couple of years back and they never had health or aggression problems. I also assumed the aggression would get...

I have a rougher and finer sponge, as well as a small bag of ceramic noodle type things, in each filter. I've been washing out the sponges in a bucket of old tank water every couple of weeks. It seems I had a grasp on cleaning the filters, but I just had to ask because I really want to help...

Thank you for the reply! I will definitely be doing the water changes as well as vacuuming the substrate. How am I to go about rinsing the filter media? I am aware of the need for cycling tank water and filter media but I'm not knowledgeable about how much filter media gunk I should remove so...

The fish are active, they are taking food and they reproduced (the colony got about 9 babies before I got the chance to rehome them). None of the fish died from the fin rot while I had them, even though one of the ones without symptoms did end up jumping out of the tank as it doesn't have a lid...

Hey, I don't think you being new to the hobby matters, I still appreciate your reply and I think what you wrote makes a lot of sense. I never had that high of a number show up for nitrates, I will try to get them under 20 tomorrow and continue working on it. I have done a 30% water change...

Hi everyone! This is my first post here, thank you for reading. My black mollies seem to be having an ongoing health problem. I received a 64 liter (17 gallon) fish tank, it has been running for a couple of years. It was stocked with a black molly colony, a Chinese algae eater, a pair of yoyo...