Recent content by khamm6

I did use some of the old substrate, though this substrate was not in the tank when they were fighting ich. They had that long before. I didn’t use all of the substrate from that tank, but about half of it. When cycling next time, should I empty my tank and refill it, or should I just do a...

Okay, great! Thanks for the tips guys! Hopefully my next tank setup will go a bit better than this one.

I started over. Since I’m in college and it was only a few weeks before moving from one house to another, I decided to wait until I moved into my new house to start over, as it was easier to move empty tanks.

Thank you for the advice! I always make sure to net out any food that goes uneaten after about 3 minutes. This particular case upsets me as I had a fantastic group of tetras right before this group who I had for quite a while and they came to me with ich which I successfully treated. The only...

I have been using test strips. I just did another ~40% water change after losing one of my little guys in the night :( I’ll go out and buy that master kit today. I’d hate to lose any more, although I fear it might happen. They all seem to be swimming close to the surface today, even after the...

Hi everyone! My name is keely and I’m new here! I grew up with fish tanks, but just decided to get my own at college last October! I currently have a 25 gallon with an aqueon filter and a fluval heater. At the moment I have 5 juvenile tiger barbs due to the recent loss of one :( I’m excited to...

Hi! So I set up the tank about a week or so in advance, and used Stability and Stress-zyme to get it going. I put the filter in with just a sponge and no carbon filter. I also use wonder shells. I put the heater in during that time as well. Upon getting home from school, my water parameters...

Here’s a couple different pictures of them if it helps at all!

Hi everyone! I’m looking for some help regarding 6 new tiger barbs I bought a few days ago. I bought them at petsmart, which isn’t ideal but it’s the only store near me. They’re pretty small and I have them in a 25 gallon tank with 2 mystery snails. The tank cycled for about a week before I put...