Hello!
My name is Jamie and I am slightly new to the fish keeping world. I used to have 5-10 gallon tanks with male bettas but otherwise have always helped my sister- who spends countless hours on forums such as this and researching aquarium information. The need to rescue 2 neons in a poorly kept 2.5 gallon tank and an overstocked 10 gallon has brought me full dive to fish keeping.
Currently I have a 30 gallon planted aquarium complete with black sand, drift wood, fluval 20-50 gallon filter, air bubbler (used at night with light off) 6 peppered corydoras catfish, 12 neon tetras, 5 zebra danios, 2 nerite and numerous trumpet and ramshorn snails. Their diet consists of tropical fish flakes and shrimp pellets (fed 2x daily), and frozen brine shrimp or blood worms (1-2 times per week). The tank is kept around 77 degrees, with pH 7.8, 0 Nitrites, 0 Ammonia, and 5-10 Nitrates. I have been mixing distilled water with tap (4 gallons distilled to 6 gallons tap) to lower the KH to 53.7 ppm and GH to125.3 ppm. I know the pH is too high and thought the distilled would help but i realize it is not. I am still learning how the kh and gh relate to pH.
I also am treating for ich and fungus with Seachem Paraguard once a day with usually a 30% water change before administration of meds. It doesn't seem to getting significantly better but its not worse either and the corys are still eating their pellets and acting normal.
I appreciate any comments or advice since I am still learning and I just want healthy, happy fish!
My name is Jamie and I am slightly new to the fish keeping world. I used to have 5-10 gallon tanks with male bettas but otherwise have always helped my sister- who spends countless hours on forums such as this and researching aquarium information. The need to rescue 2 neons in a poorly kept 2.5 gallon tank and an overstocked 10 gallon has brought me full dive to fish keeping.
Currently I have a 30 gallon planted aquarium complete with black sand, drift wood, fluval 20-50 gallon filter, air bubbler (used at night with light off) 6 peppered corydoras catfish, 12 neon tetras, 5 zebra danios, 2 nerite and numerous trumpet and ramshorn snails. Their diet consists of tropical fish flakes and shrimp pellets (fed 2x daily), and frozen brine shrimp or blood worms (1-2 times per week). The tank is kept around 77 degrees, with pH 7.8, 0 Nitrites, 0 Ammonia, and 5-10 Nitrates. I have been mixing distilled water with tap (4 gallons distilled to 6 gallons tap) to lower the KH to 53.7 ppm and GH to125.3 ppm. I know the pH is too high and thought the distilled would help but i realize it is not. I am still learning how the kh and gh relate to pH.
I also am treating for ich and fungus with Seachem Paraguard once a day with usually a 30% water change before administration of meds. It doesn't seem to getting significantly better but its not worse either and the corys are still eating their pellets and acting normal.
I appreciate any comments or advice since I am still learning and I just want healthy, happy fish!
