Recent content by MaraLSky

To everyone who recommended not adding more salt: Thanks! I will certainly try that--we changed about 5 gallons today, and did not add any salt, so we're at least on our way to lowering the salt concentration. I don't want to do it to fast and shock the fish. At what rate should I try to attempt...

We change the water about once a week, about 4-5 gallons at a time, so about a 20% water change.

Well, honestly, I've just been exchanging the ones that die, since they were within warranty. I try not to add any extras beyond that, though I did add the albino corycats as extras this time partly to help clean up the waste that had been collecting in the gravel.

Hello! I'm really looking forward to being a part of this community, but I have to confess--my main motive for doing so today is because I'm desperately searching for answers about the trouble I'm having with one of my aquariums! Anyway, I've only been keeping an aquarium for about a year now...

Hi! I'm new here, and I'm really in need of some advice, because I'm about to lose my mind. I've only been keeping an aquarium for about a year, but it's very addictive. I started out with a 5 gallon tank (a big mistake, I learned rather quickly), but I now have a 10 gallon tank, 25 gallon...