Recent content by Yarny1

Zero ammonia. Trace amounts of nitrites and nitrates. Water is a little on the hard side. Ph is 7.5. Zero phosphate.

Hey...so I started cycling a new 8.5 gallon tank just before the lockdown in March. I did fishless cycling and it was all ready to go by Mother's day. A local place does curbside pick up so I got 3 shrimp and a snail. Two shrimp died the in the first 48 hours. The second one in a week. The...

I think so...the shrimp and snail are eating it so we'll see if they can clean up the remainder from the tank!

Thanks friends. I cleaned out what I could and then found a store willing to do curbside pick up for some shrimp and a snail. We'll see how it goes!

Southwestern Ontario

I don't think it's black beard algae. There is no structure to no, no hairs or filaments. Just slime.

Hi...I hope I've chosen the right forum thread. I'm new here and I have a problem. I set up an 8.5 gallon hex tank in mid-March. I was still cycling when everything went into lock down here in Ontario, Canada. No way to get fish to put into the tank. So, I've kept the tank running, adding...

Hello friends! Growing up my dad always had a tropical aquarium. As a young person I kept fish off and on but it's been 25 years since I had a serious aquarium. For Easter I was gifted a small tank, 8.5 gallon neon hex tank, as that is all I have room for right now. I was cycling it when we...