Recent content by Clarazandra

I ended up euthanizing Gimli yesterday, he was getting weaker by the day, stopped eating and was laying on the bottom of the tank and no amount of gentle persuasion would get him up. I didnt want to see him suffer anymore. An experienced dwarf gourami owner on Facebook seemed to think his...

I wouldnt worry abput the pH 6.6 is good for most fish and shrimp. My tank has dropped to 6 before a waterchange and the fish are doing just fine. As far as the water parameters, cycles can be a little tricky with plants and they can eat up the nitrates which is good but its hard to tell when...

I picked this little dude up on Sunday and noticed a small paler area on his dorsal but thought maybe thats just how he looks and could've been born that way. Then tuesday he started looking splotchy and lost color in a couple areas so I moved him to a quarentine tank and started treating him...

What are your other water parameters and what substrate are you using? If I had to guess I'd say your tank wasnt cycled when you added the first round of fish, the bioload jump started it and they likely were killed off by the initial ammonia spike. Also chasing pH is very stressful for your...