Recent content by JennG

This is very reassuring. Thank you. The carbon filter has been running in the tank for about 2.5 months. However, I did just put a new bio bag carbon cartridge in earlier this month. So, it's only a week or 2 old. I tested my water parameters after changing out the bio bag just to make sure my...

Where does everyone prefer to get their Indian Almond Leaves? I found 1 local fish store that has them, but it's inconsistent and the leaves looked like they had been on the shelf a while.

I am thinking of adding Indian Almond Leaves to my Betta's tank as well. When using them, does the color change of the water make it impossible to test with an API master test kit? If so, should I try to monitor the Ph some other way to make sure it doesn't go to low? How do you monitor other...

I have a Betta fish in a 10 gallon filtered, cycled and heated tank. The water in his tank is tap water (Ph 7.4) treated with Prime. I am thinking of adding Indian Almond Leaves to his tank as I think he may be an older fish and I struggle to keep him and his fins healthy (he's a Petco Betta)...