Recent content by Kristin23

But it wazzz the husband honest ;) Yeah I think he brain cramped on the sand thing...thinking it wasn't live, and washing it as usual. (I did add Stress Zyme but suppose tha'ts all moot now.) I told him what you all said and I also researched it a bit more, and yeah its all good now. (You know...

Hey Andy- haha ur a funny guy ;) Well my issues grew, as this thread did lol... In my defense, it wasn't my doing to wash the sand. It was my husband's. The tank has always been his thing, not mine. However, I'm now taking a more active role because of situations like this. He felt 2...

yeah I already went there I don't like the idea of real ammonia either. Found that Fritz Fishless Fuel on Amazon, I'll be buying that. Thanks again Aiken!!

wow thanks Andy for your invaluable advice and time :) I had absolutely no idea! Like regular ammonia used for cleaning? That's kinda scary...I'll have to research it thoroughly before adding it. Do you think that the live sand could have had a role in killing all of my fish too? As we did not...

Thanx Aiken I wasn't sure ;) appreciate all the advice!!

Thanx everyone! I'm new to this board here. Obviously ;) I don't think I replied correctly? As my responses are not appearing within the correct area? Please forgive my ignorance I tried lol

Oh I can relate... :...( It sux. Sorry to hear that. I'm going to use 2, 100 watt. Most everyone here said its ok, and I don't ever want to go through that again! More importantly, have my fishies go through that either :(

Hi Aiken, Thank you so much for your time and advice... I'm not sure how long the battery back up runs for? I think until we switch it back over, and power is back on? I'll have to ask. Good point! The Tetra brand heaters we use have an auto temp set, and it shuts off automatically once...

Hi Andy, Thanx so much for your prompt advice. Sorry for late reply, life has been in the way ;o Oh we do have a battery back-up in case power goes out. As we already lived and learned that nightmare scenario... Yah know that's what I thought, they have an auto shut off once temp is reached...

Hello, can anyone please advise me on whether it's a good idea to use 2 heaters in an aquarium? I've read lower wattage, multiple heaters are ok at different ends of aquarium. But can you use Two (2) Tetra, HT30, 10-30 gal, 100 watt heaters, in a 27 gal tank? I just lost all of my fish because...