Recent content by sciencegirl

Thanks, flip_lx. I've gone so far as to sterilize my gravel, rinsed very well, new filter, starting from scratch. I'll be cycling sans-fish, and am pretty sure I'll be stocking with a school of 5 danios. Not sure about otocinclus - I love them so much, but they died last time I got them. I...

So, sadly, my last glowlight tetra died this morning. He wasn't eating and I think he just starved. It's very sad and frustrating. Details can be found here: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=97907 I have a snail infestation in my 10 gal, so I'm thinking that I'll just...

The tetras are glowlight, and neon. They are always purchased at the same small lfs...dang, maybe that's the problem. I will invest in some pH and kH test kits. I haven't tested till now, but obviously something isn't working... PWC - once or twice every two weeks. The last one I did was a bit...

I'm so bummed about my 10 gal. I have had it for a couple of years, and have just kept losing tetras, and getting replacements. I was down to three glowlights, and one laid some eggs then died. Another died shortly after her, leaving one sad little guy. He won't eat now, and I"m not sure if...

Don't get fish yet! Your tank needs to be cycled. You won't start getting ammonia readings until you add a source of ammonia. I can't say enough good things about fishless cycling - just adding a non-living source of ammonia to build up the ammonia eating bacteria. Eventually, you will...

A sad update - the female died. I don't know what happened, she was breathing pretty quick, and then she was dead when I got home a little later. She was really full of eggs; maybe they were stuck or something. I'm so disappointed and sad.

I've got three glowlights in a 10 gal, and a big fat female is spewing eggs!!!!!! What can I do to get some babies? I'm so excited!!!!!!!

jinmon- Thanks so much - I was having a hard time finding stuff on the internet so I'm going to use your search tips. I really appreciate it! Now that I've started with these tetras, I keep getting more to keep the other ones company, and it never ends. Thanks again

Oh...poor little guy. It's just breaking my heart. I gave them pepso food last night to give them a bit of a cleaning out. It obviously didn't help because he's still flailing. Well, thanks so much for your advice. As long as he's still eating, I guess. Thanks!

He eats...what's beep? I feel so bad for him - it makes me so sad because it looks like he can't "rest"...he's constantly struggling to stay "upright". Should I feed him peas? Could he have a gas bubble? I just did a pretty substantial water change recently, and it didn't seem to help...

I have a glolight tetra that has been swimming oddly for about a day or two - he's swimming sort of tail down, and it looks like he's really struggling to stay afloat (he's beating his little fins pretty fast, and when he stops his tail end sinks). He looks fine when he's swimming fast and...

Thanks folks. I appreciate the quick response - as soon as I read your posts, I looked for some fish TB images and they looked exactly like my warped little dude. I'm so sad - I just euthanized him. Thanks again for your help.

Here are the specs: 1) 1 glolight tetra has a warped spine - appears to have no other symptoms, his colour is good and he's eating and hanging out with the others. This seems to have gotten worse in the past few weeks. It's been there for about 6-8 weeks or so. 2) Parameters are good -...

Will they eat algae and other detritus as well as the plants? I guess as long as my plants don't get decimated, a few snails should be ok? I actually haven't been able to find him since I posted...it's like he knew that I was asking about him and he's making himself scarce. Also, I had no...

I just purchased some live plants from lfs, and there's a wee snail in my tank now. Is this a problem? I've got 5 neon tetras and 4 glolight tetras in my 10 gal. I know very little about snails.