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  1. J

    my fishies are stressed!

    Also I have an air stone and condition the water everytime before i put it in the tank.
  2. J

    my fishies are stressed!

    I gravel vac my tank once a week, faithfully. I keep the water at 78 degrees. I have lost 2 neon tetras, dwarf gourami, and zebra cory cat. The last 2 days the fish seem to be a lot better, although one of the neons has a white spot behind his eye, not an ick spot more like a hole but he eats...
  3. J

    my fishies are stressed!

    the dwarf guarami died last night. i did another %50 change today and the other fish don't seem to be going up for air like they did last night. they are still moving their mouths rapidly though. all my tests are perfect....i don't understand. don't know if i should medicate them, if so with and...
  4. J

    my fishies are stressed!

    15 gallon tank, went through a full cycle in March, 3 guppies, 1 guarami, was 6 now 4 neon tetras, 1 drawf albino pleco. I haven't had a single problem since the cycle. I gravel vac and do a %50 water change every week faithfully. it's really scaring me for my fish, i have never lost any and now...
  5. J

    my fishies are stressed!

    My fish are coming to the top of the water for air and their mouths are moving really fast like they are gasping and I don't know why!! All my water tests are fine, I even took a sample into the LFS to make sure and their test was perfect also. My water is cloudy and I don't know what to do...
  6. J

    going on vacation, should light be on?

    thanks...i have given her direct feeding doses and i vac my tank every week so it's very clean and a little too much food will be ok until i get home. i'll vac it the day i get home. thanks for letting me know about the light, a little worried about that.
  7. J

    going on vacation, should light be on?

    I am going on vacation in a couple days and I was wondering if my fish will be ok without the light on? i will be gone 5 days and my aunt is going to feed my fish once a day and get my mail but would it be better for me to keep the light on or off? i usually turn it on in the late morning and...
  8. J

    neon tetras being aggressive, help!

    I did a 50% water change this morning as soon as I noticed it. Should I do another? ammonia 0 nitrite 2.0 nitrate 0.
  9. J

    neon tetras being aggressive, help!

    So I think I got some bad advice at the lfs yesterday. I have a 15 gallon tank. 6 neon tetras, 2 guppies and a leopard cory. I went to buy a gravel vac and was talking to the woman who works there. When she asked me about aquarium salt and i told her i'd never used it she was shocked and told me...
  10. J

    how do i get my ph and alk. up?

    ph is 6.8, from my api test kit, i have no idea what degassing is.
  11. J

    how do i get my ph and alk. up?

    I have a 15 gallon tank that has been cycled for a couple weeks now. My ph and alkalinity was low last week so i put some Easy Balance by Tetra in it. well that worked for my ph but not my alkalinity. now my ph is low and my alkalinity is almost 0. I have done a 25% was change every 3 days...
  12. J

    Algae? Help!

    That's the thing. ok here's the story. had a 5 gallon tank and had no idea what i was doing. after it cycled of course i wanted something bigger. bought a 15 gallon from a friend. used same media and gravel and water directly from 5 gallon to 15 gallon. conditioned the water then finished...
  13. J

    Algae? Help!

    I put a new decoration in my tank today. It looks like a tree stump. anyways, it already has green stuff starting to grow on it....is that algae? there is a ship i put in it a couple days ago and it also has green stuff on the top. if it is how do i get rid of it? i don't see any on the glass or...
  14. J

    friend for my tetra and who goes well together

    OK so I got bad advice from my LFS and I need some help. I have a serpae tetra and a zebra danio in a 5 gallon tank. It has cycled and I now have a 10 gallon that I am going to transfer them to. My filter can go up to 15 gallons so I can use the same filter and media. So my question is, I need a...
  15. J

    bigger tank

    My filter is for up to 15 gallon tank, so it should be fine for a 10 gallon. I would love to get a bigger one but i have no room for anything bigger. i have 2 small fish and i just want to get 2 more for my son.
  16. J

    bigger tank

    OK so I have a 5 gallon tank that I think if officially cycled. But when I started I didn't know anything, not that I know it all now. But, I need to get a bigger tank. I don't have a lot of space but where I have the 5 gallon now I can fit a 10 gallon. My question is, if I use the same filter...
  17. J

    cycling newbie

    because i have gotten some bad advice from my LFS I am doing a fish in cycle. it has been a couple weeks now and so far ok i think. my question is every 2 or 3 days i've been doing a 25 to 35 percent PWC due to my ammonia levels getting into the stress or harmful levels. my question is since i...
  18. J

    tetra question

    I have 2. The other tetra seems fine. it will go over every once in a while and hang out beside the other one but then go swim around.
  19. J

    tetra question

    I have a blood heart tetra that i'm concerned about. It's always by the filter intake. she may venture away from it for a few seconds but she always goes right back and stays in the corner right by it. ( call it she because her name is dory). I can't seem to find anything online stating that...
  20. J

    I think I got some bad advice from LFS

    Mummaoftwo, I did research and found out that all the info I got at the pet store was wrong, that's why I signed up here to ask questions. I'm sure there is better advice on here than I got. I'm trying to do this for my son, and I won't ask anymore questions.
  21. J

    I think I got some bad advice from LFS

    still looking for some much needed help
  22. J

    I think I got some bad advice from LFS

    will the cloudiness go away? did it come from me scooping through it trying to get the fish food out? and will my fish be ok not eating?
  23. J

    I think I got some bad advice from LFS

    I need help!! I am an amateur at this! I have a 5 gallon tank. Went to Jack's Aquarium and asked questions and I think I got some bad advice. rinsed gravel in a strainer, put gravel in the tank, added the water and some fake plants and a little ship. Put water conditioner and bio boost in the...
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