Recent content by Pimpintacoma

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Not sure what that means

I have thick skin so no harm in telling me what’s real. 3 of the discuss are 3 years old and the other two are over 1.5 years old. Not sure that’ means there is an issue. They all seem to thrive and act correctly. If they were in a poor setup I would have had issues over the past...

1 year old tank moved from a 60 gallon tank. I have 5 discus 2 angel To of glow tetras And a few other fish pictured Algae eater Tap water has seen TDI of 350+ and also 120 and less. So I switched to RO just so I didn’t have to battle with chemicals all the time to fix the numbers. Never...

I have a Discus a tad sideways and larger white skin rot. I need help from the pros on the best way to treat this to save his life. He is my pride and joy. I also noticed he is a tad darker than usual. Ammonia is 0 GH is 50 Free chlorine is 0 Nitrate is 25 Nitrite is 0 Carbonate is 40 PH...

As of tonight my TDS is 613. Looks like by Wednesday I should be where I want to be and then I can fine tune a couple other perimeters and then maintain it this way.

Sorry about the pot roast potluck thing haha. Guess autospell got me again.

As of tonight it is down to 933. At this rate 4 more days it should be 400 or less. Nitrate is way down and GH is about 50. Nitrate is 25.

Thanks for you and potroasts help. I feel 100x better about how it all works and what everything does. Most groups just smash on newbies so it’s impossible to learn. But people like you guys spend a lot of time helping strangers and now I can start to enjoy my tank instead of stress out.

What a great improvement in numbers and fish movement. Excited it’s getting closer to being correct. All fish acting and looking healthy so hopefully no death.

That’s exactly what I am doing. Every other I am checking water parameters to make sure Nothing is going haywire.

I am down to 1015 TDS and nitrate is down a bit each day. I’m working on it as we speak.

Yeah I started out with some cheaper fish to make sure I could do it. I actually got mine for $18 each when they were young. Discuss were the money. But I have never lost a fish to that point so I went for it. Then I goofed up this RO setup and hope to recover and get used yo great...

I kind of got this same info from my source. Mine were tank bred and have been fine even with my recent crazy numbers so far. The plan was by the time they are adult they will be retiring in a 125 gallon tank this year.

Absolutely I appreciate all the insight: I am absorbing like a sponge and just what I am learning from this help post is awesome. I made some idiot mistakes but am learning from them and will succeed. It’s tough out there asking fish stores opinions because they want to sell you those $200...