Recent content by Basha

I am pretty sure I know the problem with the catfish. I added aquarium salt and have read through one of your links about how not to do that with my catfish. The symptoms they had listed are exactly him. They say to lower the tank level first and then do at least a 50% water change. Immediately...

Sorry I forgot to mention that there is only on bottle and that only reads up to 7.6 Ph. Levels. Mine shows 7.6 everytime tested.

The Ammonia test showed no change after use of ACE not higher or lower. Yesterday was the first time the Ammonia showed a change from 2.0 to 1.0, with a very slight change in nitrites also. About an hour after I did the water change I tested the ammonia and nitrites that is the first change I...

Yesterday was the first time I used distilled water. 15 g. Again I mis-spoke, I did not mean bio balls I meant bio-wheel's there are two on my filter. I know, though I did not test, that the ammonia levels in the 30g. was very high. I was told at the pet store that I did not need to worry about...

When I bought the first 4" Bala shark I was told that that would be fine for my 30g. tank. When I got home and looked them up I found out that it was not fine. That they needed company and that SOME get to be 14", most however do not, so I am told. So when my 30g. sprung a leak I was not that...

I am using distilled water because I was told my water is high alkaline and that is why my Ph is so high and will not go down. I was also told to keep the carbon in while medicating and to turn the tank heater to 81 to help control disease because of the tank situation spoken of in the prior...

Was told to use distilled water because of very high Ph levels also I was told my water had alkaline which is why Ph down does not work. I was told by a couple of different people that quick cure could be used with carbon still in the water. The pet store told me not to take out the carbon...

I will do the glass of water test tomorrow morning. I was only able to do a 15g. water change today, thats all the distilled water I had. I will do more tomorrow. The reason I hadn't done that already is because I was told not to because my tank was under New status and that would mess up good...

Mitch, I am in Toledo. I think the problem has to with the Maumee, Lake Erie, Sun oil and Davis Betsy Nuclear power plant. I am encircled by these plants and the rivers have been deemed unfit since last summer, for Lake erie. No one is now allowed to swim at the great lakes resort Maumee Bay...

Thank you so much for your help and quick replies. My Nitrite levels have not risen yet and they are at .025. My ammonia levels have not risen either but are very high at 2.0-1.5. My Ph tests so high that all I know is that it is over 8.0. I have used Ph down for 5 day's and no change. I have...

Can anyone help me? In the past two month's I have spent $2,000. I have no more money and just a big mess with expensive stuff that is just plain useless. It started with the purchase of a 10g tank after two weeks I added 6 zebra danios and a beta. 1 danio died and the beta died of that cotton...