Recent content by sjmac

Thanks for the feedback all... *most* of it was constructive and I do appreciate those who contributed in a positive way. It's nice to know that some people are willing to offer advice to a newbie who is trying her best to get her tank started. I think that's it as far as seeking forum help for...

Hi all, I have a 60 gal freshwater, which I have had for a month with no problems with disease or death until yesterday, when I found one of my 6 male guppies dead. This morning, TWO more were dead, though none had any obvious physical damage done to them so I'm not sure if they were attacked...

My two discus are getting along well with my platies, guppies, gold nugget plecos, and peacock eel. But there was a big problem with my angelfish-- had to adopt him out because he was picking on the discus. PS- my tank is always between 82 and 86 degrees and none of the other fish seem to mind...

You should check out the sales at Petsmart on tanks... we bought our 60 gallon tank with a really nice stand for $300 (purchased about a month ago but the deal is still going on there). Came with the lighting/hood etc, we just had to buy a filter and heater. This is what we bought: Marineland®...

Thanks all for the input! I didn't realize that this spike was such a big deal while cycling... I had read somewhere that spikes up to 4.0 were ok while still cycling, but I know you can't believe everything you read lol. I'll keep up with water changes and keep you posted. If the ammonia...

Hi all, I'm new here and new to fish keeping, but have been doing a lot of reading on the subject. We decided to cycle our 60 gallon freshwater tank using some starter fish, and over the past month have gradually added more fish. About a week ago, I removed and QTed a fish who developed ich...

Hi all, I'm new here (and new to fish keeping in general), but we got a 60 gallon freshwater tank about a month ago and I've been doing a lot of reading about which fish I should keep. At the moment, we kind of have a mix, but I have adopted some out to others and plan to do that as my space...