Recent content by prophet224

Hi everyone! Thank you for all the previous help with tank setup! It helped a lot. Unfortunately, there was a little bit where I was - ahem - reading the ammo test wrong. :( Anyway, all is under control now... That said, I have a problem that I think involves a carnivorous fish. Or maybe not...

Hi all, So here's an update in no particular order. :) Tetras are still doing great. Happy fishies. I went out and got the API master test kit. The pH from my tapwater shows 6 (or lower... that is the lowest it goes - test strips showed ~ 5.5). The pH in the tank, however, is right around...

Yikes! Thank you all SO MUCH! I really screwed up the cycling, and I did read about it - not sure how I missed some of these key points. :( Eagerness, probably. <sigh> Ok, that said, I will do whatever I need to in order to keep everyone else safe, so PWCs here we come. I'll get a real test...

Hi all, So I kept goldfish for a few years a while back and loved it. For Christmas this year my wife gave me a new tank/starter kit (my old stuff was gone). After some debate, I decided to go with freshwater tropicals this time around. I will say right off the bat that I made a big mistake...