Recent content by NBfarmboy

Hello all Came home on the 7th of March to find the wife bought me a fish tank A 30 gallon tank which I was very happy with So of course we set it up that night and went to bed Woke up next morning and there were fish...... Mother in law bought me Tetras and golden barbs as a birthday present So...

More bad news My Cory has now succumb to whatever is causing all this Cory is laying sideways at the bottom of the tank Looking to be finishing his time... The three neon terra are acting normally

So this morning my last glow Tetra was swimming around fine Lunch was fine This evening she is an inch from death and is laying sideways in a plant before I moved her What can I do at this point

Can you recommend a buffer to me I am looking now and am overwhelmed by all the nonsense adds

Today's results after yesterday's PWC Temperature: 80 Ammonia, NH4: 0.35 Nitrate, NO3: 10 Nitrite, NO2: 0 pH: 6.0 Alkalinity, KH: 40 General Hardness, GH: 60 for date: 10:15 pm, July 20, 2012 The ph Measures below 6.0 on my test strips I'm worried my liquid ph test doesn't measure low enough...

Original bio wheel Never touched it in 3 months I test ph straight from the tap and once I have introduced it to the tank Gas it off???? Explain please...

My tap water is very acidic it comes from the tap at 6.2 just tested it I modified my filter 3 weeks ago because I had a case of ich I had to remove the carbon I have had this filter installed for 6 weeks I will buy some prime as soon as I get my next payday, just dropped 2k on a new tractor...

Aquarium Home tank parameters are: Temperature: 80 Ammonia, NH4: 0.5 Nitrate, NO3: 10 Nitrite, NO2: 0 pH: 6 Alkalinity, KH: 0 General Hardness, GH: 120 I took these results 20 minutes ago My nitrites are gone My nitrates are high My ph is still very low My kh I have no clue I'm doing a 50%...

The fish were in the tank 9 hours before when I went to bed They well but the guppy had been swimming the top of the tank allot for a few days but would swim the bottom as well I do a complete fish count before bed, when I wake in the morning, and at noon when I come in to eat for lunch not a...

1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability (i.e. cotton like growth, bloatedi, etc.). Glow fish, fancy tailed guppy,neon tettra Random death with no obvious symptoms 2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites...

Sweet deal I'm now looking at a full hood with t5ho lights Is this a decent choice Im also planning on running LEDs so I am figuring 8 hours of the fluorescents a day will be alright I want to start With a lunar cycle of night style led, go into a morning style white led transition to the day...

looking to get the ac 110 what should i be running for a media in the filter???

I had a betta for a while with the neon tettra's and they all got along but maybe I was just lucky From the sound I it I will be happier without the betta Holy mackerel lol I had no idea I could go with such a large number of fish in that tank, that makes me giddy I can't wait for the new...

So what is the draw back to the bio wheel It came with my 10 so I ran it but I want to be educated for the 40 gallon

I plan on stocking 8 neon tettra's 4 glow tettra's 1 betta and 2 corys and maybe some shrimp as long as nothing in the tank will eat them And my wife wants 1 male and 3 female guppies -_- baby guppies just what I need .... I do plan on having live plants Was not planning on co2, not yet anyway...