Recent content by fernandohsa

I think I haven't completed my cycle because I haven't added anything to help to create bacterial that help on the decomposition of materials. I noticed I have started having issues when I noticed it was to many poop and from the first week. I believe it might be ammonia, I do clean my tank but...

It is a 5 gal / 22 litres. I have been told by the pet shop I could have up to 12 guppies but a part from 7 guppies I have 2 shrimps one dye today :( and have an invasion of pond snails. What is controlled now but I want to get ride of them and have only shrimps. I change water once a week...

Is really weird because on the pet shop they didn't even tell me to get females what I thought was confusing. They said guppies have too many babies and I would have problem with having to many fry. Actually I got only 3 fries and 3 hidden around the aquarium so far. The fish who has jumped...

My pet shop has oriented me to get only NO2 test and is what I got. They basically said I shouldn't worry about the others :/. Yeah and I know strip tests aren't very accurate. Might get a full test then. Tks

I have had my aquarium since October/2012 not very long ago. I left it cycling for 2 1/2 weeks and only added some life after taking the water of my aquarium to test at my pet store and waited for approval. I am not sure but I think they have tested NO2 levels what was low (yellow mark). After...