Recent content by coyote1066

If it came with a book I would have read it. Lol. :roll: It has the chart, instructions, etc. on a litle fold-out on the bottle. Pretty basic info. According to the included chart the GH is indeed soft and the KH is ideal. In fact my pH has been very stable. The water hardness is also...

I've read that CO2 in large doses put fish to sleep. I think it's a euthanasia method for sick fish. People put their sick fish in with alka-seltzer tablets and the resulting CO2 puts them down. Did you add more CO2 than normal? Was there a lot of CO2 already in the water...or not enough O2?

greenmagi and tank girl, I ask more out of curiosity since I don't really need to tinker with either. However I did want to see where I stood in regards to new fish or comparing my tank to others. The test strips are Jungle Laboratories 5-in-1. I don't rely on the Nitrate, Nitrite or pH...

Hmmm I see what your saying: ppm/17.9 = d However, I'm using strips for these two tests...and only these two tests.

Conversion Along similar lines, how do you convert ppm to dGH or dKH. My test kit only gives ppm but most fish profiles are in degrees (?).

So... So what happened to the pleco? It sounds bad. fyi...I'm in Colorado too.

loach size I'm guessing about 3" long for the loach, he was in the store 3 months before I got him. My platies are really 1.5", not counting the tails.

Oh my... If someone read the title of this post and had a filty mind :roll: , they might think you were using the vac for...shall we say..."swedish" purposes. :P

Tank I'm using a Marineland Penguin 150 w/ activated carbon. I only have plastic plants for now but would like to migrate to live in the future...I do aerate though. Wouldn't three loaches be crowded in a 20 gal?

I'm cycling my first tank but I've already got fish fever. :wink: I'm being good and not buying any new fish at this time but I can't help think about the future. Here's what I have so far: 1 B. Kubotai loach 4 Mickey Mouse platies 1 Unknown platy First on my list is to get another loach...

Python I haven't had to do anything with the Python. Might be worth the investment since it'll save on antacids. :lol:

Doing fine Well, I'm on day 8 now and Oswald the B. Kubotai is doing fine. All the advice helped a lot. Thanks again. Additionally, I came up with an idea for ensuring the loach gets his bloodworms without overfeeding. I take a small length of PVC with an end cap on, add a bit of food and...

Food Are the loaches getting enough food? I've noticed mine will get very testy when the other fish start feeding off the bottom. I can usually tell when they're hungry because they start tearing up the gravel and swimming frantically in the corners or near the surface of the tank. You might...