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This past thanksgiving I went out of town and left my fish in the care of a friend. I gave her instructions of fish feeding schedule. When I came home a week later, my Betta fishes belly was very swollen. I cut back on his feeding but still no luck.
I don't know if he was overfed, or if its...
So it's been a little over 3 months since I started in this wonderful hobbie. My tank is looking lovely, and the community in it is full of excitement and drama. Drama? Yes, as in things like who's the babies daddy and cannibalism and king fish, Damon, being a funny little Betta. Here are some...
So the tank is all cycled!!!
We did a 80% water change and tested this morning and this afternoon and we have a perfectly cycled 55gal tank!! :) Yayyyy!!!
Thank-you to you all for helping me and answering my questions! Stay tuned for photos as the community in the tank grows!!! :)
Thank-you! That's so sweet of you! I love our stand. It was a great find and works beyond amazing and a stand. Perfect storage. I can't wait till the fish are added in. Which might be very soon!! Lol all we have in now is about 13 or so snails. Tiny guys...but they have been breeding. So cute...
So I tested the water again today. And thwarting nitrate levels jumped!
Nitrite: still at 5.0ppm
Nitrate: 80 or 160ppm (mom and I have different opinions...)
So that jumped a whole lot...
We still did a 50% waterchange.
Will tell you the test results in a few hours. :)
Cycling Question:
We did the waterchance. As seen above. Here are the water readings we got from the past few days...
Oct. 17 (after WC)
Ammonia: 0
pH: 7.4
Nitrite: over 5ppm (can't read it off the chart.)
Nitrate:10-20ppm
Oct.18
pH: 7.6
Nitrite: 5ppm (again above the reading chart)...
Cycling Question:
We did the waterchance. As seen above. Here are the water readings we got from the past few days...
Oct. 17 (after WC)
Ammonia: 0
pH: 7.4
Nitrite: over 5ppm (can't read it off the chart.)
Nitrate:10-20ppm
Oct.18
pH: 7.6
Nitrite: 5ppm (again above the reading chart)...