Recent content by reilly960

gravel is from lps too. GH reads 75, and KH reads 120 (both via test strips since my reagent kit does not test these).

no - resin rock only, no shells.

Update: ich seems under control now, in the end lost 6 of 8 fish but did learn a lot (thanks to those who had a part in that!). Will start dropping temp again in a day or so. One of the two fm platies that survived has fin damage - wonder if that will heal? Got that Aquarium Pharm. liquid...

Salt and heat - thanks, any idea where to find info on different FW species tolerance to salt, or all should be ok for a short period and.. well it is better than ich? On the test strips/ammonia, that makes total sense but either way likely get the test kit Fishyfanatic recommended for peace of...

Ok, will do on the test kit and water change. Was planning a 50% tomorrow night due to time. Thanks for that. I have one airstone inside one of the resin caves (it has a hole on top), one flex wand buried under gravel and an air disk - all on the airpump through a gang valve (different...

Came into some cash around the holidays, so finally bought that 80 gal tank I have wanted for a while. First time with an aquarium, but did tons of research and felt pretty good. Community tank seemed to be the best way to start, so headed in that direction. Got an emperor 400 filter, 2 200w...