Recent content by skippy426ci

I started with a 5 gallon we had laying around and 2 baby oscars, like 1.5" long oscars. Well one of the oscars died and the other very quickly outgrew that tank so I bought a 26 gallon. Fast forward a few more months and he's now in a 55 gallon which he stayed in till I moved out of my parents...

Timed it using the stopwatch on my phone, shook like crazy, everything. They seem healthy, my Raphael and peppermint pleco have been in there since the tank was cycled and they are still doing okay, a year in June. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have an Api master test kit for freshwater tanks. I mean if my levels were really that high wouldn't my fish be dying off? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey all, ever since my Oscar perished I've tried getting a handle on these levels but nothing seems to be working. Ammonia is between 0 and .5, nitrites always 0, but my nitrates are hovering somewhere in the stratosphere, between 80 and 160+ as my kit tops out at 160. Using my test kit it...

Thanks guys! And I lied, they're red platy's not tetra's haha... And there are now 6 baby platy's in addition to my 3 originals! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hello all! My names Jake, dad always had fish tanks growing up, and about 2 years ago I "inherited" a 5 gallon tank for the Oscars we bought my dad. Well, we first put them in his 55 gallon tank and almost immediately started trying to eat the others, so in the 5 gallon they went, then a 26...