Recent content by srudolph

Cool, I'll definitely try that. Thanks eco, and everyone who responded.

Thanks for the response, eco. That's interesting, for some reason I assumed that those were only used for big ol' canister filters. Would it be possible to use them in my little Whisper 10i filter?

It never would have crossed my mind to add salt to a freshwater aquarium, except that the info tag at the store mentioned it (these were Wagtail Platys). I was baffled by this and asked the worker there and he said that salt helps boost their immunity and can't hurt unless you overdo it (I don't...

Yes to both questions. I also added a pinch of aquarium salt when I did water changes.

Hi all, thanks for the helpful replies. I didn't add ammonia to the tank; I had planned to cycle with fish but in hindsight that wasn't such a great idea. :( I was using the liquid ammonia test kit, but I'm almost certain that it's older than 1.5 years. When I tested the ammonia in the days...

Hi all, sorry if this has been discussed ad nauseum, but I'm not sure exactly what to do next. I started a new 10g tank with 3 platys and despite monitoring the ammonia level and doing regular water changes, they all died. I noticed that two of them had white spots; I'm assuming that was ich...