Recent content by Meaile

I hadn't thought of decapitation but yeah, its probably the best method. I have tried to make her better but its gotten so bad....Off i go to do the deed. Thanks for your help.

I feel awful for my sick little blue Platy.... She has been sick since I brought her home from the pet store 3 months ago. It started with Ich and then internal parasites. About a month ago I moved her from the main tank to a quarantine tank when all the other fish had improved. Meanwhile...

My situation is: June through September my GH is at 100-160 ppm or mg/l (7-8 DH?) and KH around 130 with PH at 7.8 October through May my GH is 25-30 ppm or mg/l (1-2 DH?) and KH around 30 with PH at 7 There is no Limestone or Aragonite sand anywhere to be found but I can find Dolomite in...

I'm going to look for limestone and I'll just build my caves out of that instead of the basalt I have. Do you think a little CC in the filter would make up for the difference during October - May?

Next time I go into the city I'll look for some limestone to use for rocks instead of the basalt. When the KH is lower would the limestone leach into the water more or would it be the same all the time? Tell me if I have this straight..... If I add the limestone at first setup and am able to...

So you think just adding a piece of limestone during october through may would buffer the water enough? The way I understood it is that Africans, especially Tangs, need hard water. I've heard ^160 ppm for GH (9 DH (?)) and ^ 180ppm KH (10 DH (?)) but maybe I'm reading the wrong articles.... I...

Its listed as mg/l but I believe thats the same as ppm (?)

I have no idea what to do.... I talked with my city's water quality lab and the sent me out the parameters throughout the year. This is what I have.... June - September (average) GH 100-160/KH 130/PH 7.5 October - May (average) GH 25-30/KH 32/PH 7.0 What am I supposto do from October to...

It doesn't have a number. It has a skinny line to thick line and a triangle, I'm guessing, for where "its supposto be". I'll wait a couple days and see if it keeps up doing that and try the cheap heater if it does. Oh, and I figured out the water surface issue. I stuck a small piece of floating...

Its a Tetra 5-15 submersible. I also have a 50W I bought from Big-Als (Big-Als brand). I would think the Tetra would work better but I haven't tried the other.

I have my 5.5 gal Betta tank all set up with a 50w heater. It has been going from 81 in the day to 78 at night. Is this too much fluxuation for my future Betta?

Great, thanks again for your help. I ended cutting the lift so it sits about an 1/4 inch under the water level to allow for evaporation. I read in an article about Bettas that they like low light levels. Is there any kind of plant that can survive the incandescent bulbs I have? Its probably...

I got the Hydro-Sponge II toady and set it in the tank. The lift tube would stick up about a half inch above the water and doesn't quite fit in the tank. Could I just snip 1/2 off the lift tube to make it fit/submerse? Would a 1.7W air pump be small enough or should I use a gang valve to...

Is it possible to have Nitrates in tap water? Would Algae have any affect on that? Oh and I must have goofed on testing the ph of the tap water the second time too :oops: I followed the directions again and did everything the same way I did it the second time and this time I got a reading of...

I ordered the sponge filter online so I really have no idea how big it is. It sounds like I'm going to have to break down and buy a 10 gal. They're cheap so it won't be a big deal. In a 10 could I get female Bettas as well? Do they work in the normal 1m/2f setup? Do you think I could stick a...