Recent content by midgiepooh

I did remember to use dechlorinator! That was something I always worried about forgetting, somehow I got myself so paranoid about it, I always remembered!

Upon reading it again, it did kind of sound like I burst out the 409! haha! But nah, I just figured I'm changing practically all of the water...I'm already here, why not just do it all like normal anyway?

Sorry! ha! When I "cleaned," I just meant like normal - scrubbing the sides with tank water, vacumming the gravel, stuff like that. The only difference between this and my normal routine of "cleaning" was that I simply did a much larger water change to go with it. Thank you all so much for the...

Thank you so much! I have a 20 gallon tank. We don't use anything on our water at home - it just comes out of the tap the way it is! As far as kh and gh, is this something I can test for at home? Rather, is that something I should have been monitoring all along? I don't wish anything on...

Sorry I've been out of pocket for a couple of weeks! Unfortunately, I have returned with bad news. I woke up this morning to find our "Fishy" had passed away overnight. (refresher - I'm a complete and total ignorant newbie at this! My daughter received a baby fantail goldfish for her...

I'm glad I got a test kit too! I'm glad you mentioned the higher pH - I don't know why I didn't think to do that test too. I guess I was just thinking, "Oh, I got 7.6, I'm in good shape!" I'll get right on that this morning!

Yeah, its showing 0.25 on my tap as well. I got it covered!

Of course its a requirement! ha! If only I knew how to "turn it off" and be objective for a change! Thank goodness I've got some good people here to do that part for me! On the flip side of the pet spectrum, I have two sick cats here. It appears they both have a cold - as luck would have it...

Its so comforting to know I'm doing okay! My pets are my babies just as much as my own child! Everyone gets "worried about" equally in this house! ha!

Thanks so much! I had read somewhere (completely forgot the source) that ammonia is not removed, but simply detoxified. The bottle itself says, "removes" so I guess that's what was throwing me off!!! I feel so much better now! You know, this kind of reminds me of when my daughter was a...

Oh, thank you! I'll do that, then! My husband should like that - I think he's been dying to feed him because he keeps mentioning that every time he walks by, Fishy "comes up to him!" I keep bursting his bubble by telling him, "NO!" haha

Whoops! Not so fast! More questions! I just tested my tap water for ammonia - 0.25 there as well. So I treated some tap with Prime and took another test - 0.25 again. What am I doing wrong? I read the instruction booklet! Bottle 1, Bottle 2, the room is well-lit, I don't have any vision...

Oh I should have mentioned that about the pellets! They were rather large, that's why I gave Fishy only one. When I passed by later, it had swollen to the size of a pencil eraser and lodged in one of the plants. Fishy wasn't eating it, so I removed it. I didn't feed him at all the second day...

Good morning, everyone! Everything seems to be going well! Every time I ask my 3-year old daughter what our fantail's name is, she replies, "Fishy," so I guess that's now his name! So, Fishy is now starting his 3rd day in his 20g uncycled tank. Thanks to all of the advice I've gotten here so...

What a great story! Happy birthday!!! Give your wife a big hug from all of us!